Turkey - All Natural, Pasture Raised and Fed

• Dressed fresh frozen birds sell for $5.75 per pound with a $15.00 non-refundable deposit.
  
  
• Dressed fresh birds sell for $6.19 per pound with a $15.00 non-refundable deposit
  
  
• We encourage you to order ASAP to ensure a bird for your 2011 Thanksgiving.
  
  
• An average processed Bourbon Red ranges from 9 - 15 pounds.
  
  
• Refund policy: Deposit is refundable in full if Autumn Grove Farm fails to provide dressed bird, but if the bird is not picked up on the scheduled pickup date, the deposit is non-refundable.
  
  

Due to customer request, the majority of the birds will be fresh frozen. To ensure our customers get the same great taste they have come to love and expect, we conducted several taste tests and no one could tell the difference between the frozen or fresh. The added benefit is early pickup. The frozen birds will be processed late October/early November and should be a vailable for pickup the second week of November.

We will process a very limited number of birds the week of Thanksgiving for those are interested. We encourage you to reserve your bird whether fresh frozen or fresh asap as each year we are receiving more and more requests for these tasty birds.

The Bourbon Red is currently on the "watch" list by albc-usa.org and is considered a heritage breed turkey. It originated in Bourbon County, Kentucky and dates back to the late 1800's. The Bourbon Reds are hardy and excellent foragers which means they are strong healthy birds which acclimate well to Virginia's warm summers and cold winters. They consume a large part of their diet direct from the pasture (grasses and insects). They are very social birds which can and do mate naturally unlike the the vast majority of the commercially raised broad breasted turkeys. Their feed supplement ration is custom mixed to provide a higher standard of dry feed and many of the ingredients are approved by organic certification organizations. The Bourbon Reds have been selected by many top chefs for their excellent taste. The birds free range from early morning to late evening. To protect the flock from harmful predators the birds are herded back to their mobile pens each night and moved daily to ensure cleaniness and good health for the birds and the pastures. We limit the number of birds per pen and each cage is equipped so the birds can and do roost. Our goal is raise our beef and turkeys in the most natural manner. The birds are watered twice daily in clean hanging water tanks to ensure fresh water free from turkey waste. Again, Autumn Grove Farm strives to practice good land management and by rotating our cattle and turkeys the soil is allowed to absorb the nutrients without over saturation or run off into our natural water supply of ponds, creeks, streams, and rivers.