Raising Small-Batch Turkey: Heritage Breeds for the Ultimate Holiday Harves

A complete seasonal guide to raising two to six heritage-breed turkeys from spring poults to your Thanksgiving table — and selling one extra bird to cover every dollar you spent.

What This Book Is That gap — between what the market charges and what it actually costs a backyard producer to raise a genuinely pastured, heritage-breed turkey — is the entire premise of this book. This is not a book about building a farm. It is for the person who wants two to six birds, bought in spring, raised through summer, harvested before Thanksgiving, and completely done before the holiday season ends. It is a seasonal commitment — closer in scope and rhythm to a garden than to livestock farming — and it is designed to be repeatable every year with less effort than the first time.