crazygal Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hi, I wonder if anyone can help, I'm thinking about Christmas (I know I know! ) and I really wanted to get a turkey that has had a happy life. I remember seeing a fabulous turkey farm on Jimmy's Farming Heroes a while back, does anyone remember what the farm was called and whether I could order a turkey from them? If not, has anyone got any recommendations of where I could order a decent free range turkey that has had a good life. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hi, It is just a few miles from me! Copas Turkeys....should come up on Google. I think it was on Jimmys - they have certainly been featured on TV before, & the turkeys run around in apple orchards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 We get ours from a local farm shop. You can search on http://www.freerangereview.com/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 http://www.copas.co.uk/turkey/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygal Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 thank you! I knew I could get a quick answer here!! They were indeed running around apple orchards...gobbling away to their hearts' content!! Have filled in their enquiry form! One more thing I can tick off my list....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Another good place is - www.goodmansgeese.co.uk Sha does bronze turkeys aswell as the geese and if you drive through the village of Great Witley in Worcestershire you can see them free ranging on the hill above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Another good place is - http://www.goodmansgeese.co.uk Sha does bronze turkeys aswell as the geese and if you drive through the village of Great Witley in Worcestershire you can see them free ranging on the hill above. I have been getting mine from there for years...they are great. If you don't live near you can buy online and have it delivered... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The place on Jimmy's is actually Kelly's He's also featured on Jamie's progs. Very good husbandry/welfare and a Jimmy's Farming Hero 'Kelly Bronze'. Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 The place on Jimmy's is actually Kelly's He's also featured on Jamie's progs. Very good husbandry/welfare and a Jimmy's Farming Hero 'Kelly Bronze'. Buffie x I was just going to say this. Here is a link to their website. http://www.kelly-turkeys.com/kellybronze-turkeys-chickens-default.aspx?m=1&mi=41 Paul Kelly was at Jimmy's when we went last Christmas. He was cooking some of his birds...they were lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 We have had a kelly bronze turkey for the last two chritmas dinners and they have been amazing - best turkey any of us has ever had. Not cheap but that's to be expected of a free range well kept bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I've not bought turkey for a few years. What price are you generally looking at for these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Have a look here, about 1/2 way down the page. They have kelly bronze turkeys, and a few other breeds. I have a number and other contact details if you PM me. They are in Staffordshire, I don't know where you are, we'll get our turkey from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 We've had a Kelly's for the last few years. We go and collect because we can save a fair bit. They're local to us. Really tasty birds but I do wish they were organic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I get mine from Farrowby Farm, near Baldock, Herts. They are free range and have a large paddock to roam. The farm has a nature trail going right past the turkeys and last year we were able to keep an eye on 'our' turkey as it grew! They are black feathered birds and very ugly, but delicious! I think ours cost around £45 for a 16lb bird last year. They had all grown bigger than expected so we got a bigger bird at no extra cost and had to go to the shops to find a bigger roasting tin on Christmas Eve! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 We've had a Kelly's for the last few years. We go and collect because we can save a fair bit. They're local to us. Really tasty birds but I do wish they were organic. The birds we have had for the last few years have been the Kelly bronze and we have ordered the organic version, so I guess they must do them or we would not have been able to get them. Last years bird was over £100 It was a wonderful big bird though (can't remember size, fed the 12 of us with so much to spare we were eating turkey for about 4 days after!). I will not be getting one this year as we don't have the money due to hubby's redundancy but next time we are having all the relatives for Christmas I will be buying another, hubby job dependant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
