Best Heritage Breed for Meat Flavor/Quality

[AspiringHomesteader]

Hello what do you think is the best heritage turkey breed for flavor and quality of its meat?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Once the feathers are removed they all taste the same pretty much. I think the main difference is breeds with more white have cleaner looking carcasses than those with dark feathers when plucked, otherwise pick what appeals to you.

 

[ThreeWillows]

I've read that midget whites have exceptional flavor but can't speak from experience.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Hello what do you think is the best heritage turkey breed for flavor and quality of its meat?

The attached pdf suggests a few breeds for flavor.

OOps I didn't see the word "Turkey" my bad!

 

[R2elk]

Hello what do you think is the best heritage turkey breed for flavor and quality of its meat?

@rjohns39 believes that Red Bronze turkeys are the best eating.

There are a number of different ways to create a Red Bronze such as mating a Bronze with a Bourbon Red or mating a Bourbon Red tom with a Royal Palm hen,etc. Red Bronze will not breed true because they have heterozygous color genes, but mating Red Bronze to each other can produce 50% Red Bronze offspring.

 

[gluglu]

I`ll bet for the Bronze taste.

 

[rjohns39]

@rjohns39 believes that Red Bronze turkeys are the best eating.

There are a number of different ways to create a Red Bronze such as mating a Bronze with a Bourbon Red or mating a Bourbon Red tom with a Royal Palm hen,etc. Red Bronze will not breed true because they have heterozygous color genes, but mating Red Bronze to each other can produce 50% Red Bronze offspring.

I believe that based upon a friends taste tests. So far I've had my blacks, RP, nari, BR, and my RBs... The latter were the most taste. Although, Next year I'll finish them for a month with a high carb diet so I get more than a table spoon of fat.

 

[gluglu]

Turkeys fat is great for cooking.

 

[AspiringHomesteader]

I'm leaning towards Bourbon Reds

 

[memphis]

I read that the Bourbon Reds won some kind of heritage turkey taste test. Wish I could remember where I saw that article.