Thanksgiving Turkeys!
Posted 8/30/2010 9:57pm by Christy and Chris Kantlehner.
Howdy Farm Friends! First of all, thank you for being on our mailing list! I usually post every email on the blog, so don't be shy to unsubscribe if you find these bothersome and would rather just check www.whitebarnfarm.org at your leisure.
That said, we have great news for Thanksgiving. The O'Harte family of Norfolk is raising our holiday birds!!! If any of you have ever purchased Brambly Farm eggs at the Roadside Stand, you'll be familiar with the farm! Ted, Sandra, and all the children work endlessly raising wonderful breeds of pigs, pheasants, ducks, turkeys, chickens, and rabbits. Breeds that may otherwise be lost in the sea of industrialized meat production. These are truly backyard birds, fed with natural grains (although organic has proven cost prohibitive for this burgeoning business) and out on pasture, pecking around, and being real birds. Here is what Ted wrote to us about this year's Thanksgiving turkeys:
Turkeys
That said, we have great news for Thanksgiving. The O'Harte family of Norfolk is raising our holiday birds!!! If any of you have ever purchased Brambly Farm eggs at the Roadside Stand, you'll be familiar with the farm! Ted, Sandra, and all the children work endlessly raising wonderful breeds of pigs, pheasants, ducks, turkeys, chickens, and rabbits. Breeds that may otherwise be lost in the sea of industrialized meat production. These are truly backyard birds, fed with natural grains (although organic has proven cost prohibitive for this burgeoning business) and out on pasture, pecking around, and being real birds. Here is what Ted wrote to us about this year's Thanksgiving turkeys:
Turkeys
We have four varieties of Turkeys available and we will do our best to suit requests. We have Bourbon Reds, Royal palms, Bronze which are all listed Heritage breeds and the Traditional Broad Breasted Whites. They are fed all natural grains and are pasture raised. The Royal Palms are a small type breed and its unusual for them to grow bigger than 14 lbs but they do taste truly delicious. The Bourbon Reds and Bronze can range between 12 / 24lbs and are are regarded by many as the best way to give a big family a very specialThanksgiving .
Our Traditional Broad Breasted Whites usually are between 18 / 32 lbs. Once in a while we have a few "Extra Large Giant Turkeys" that just forget to stop eating and these can weigh over 32 lbs.
Our small heritage turkeys 8 / 14 lbs : $65 each
Medium heritage turkeys 15 / 24 lbs : $80 each
Our large traditional turkeys 25 / 32 lbs : $95 each
If available "E L G Ts" over 32 lbs : $110 each
They will be available on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving for pick up. And we request a $25 deposit to reserve a turkey for the holidays.
If you would like to reserve a turkey please mail your $25 deposit check, made out to Brambly Farm, to:
Brambly Farm
84 Cleveland St
Norfolk, MA 02056
Please include the following information: Your name, phone number, email address, and preference of birds (breed and size). Sooner is better for best selection . . .
The fresh (not frozen) Turkeys will be available for pick-up the Monday and Tuesday just before Thanksgiving (Nov. 22 &23) here at White Barn Farm. We will send a notice with more details about the pick-up to all who have sent a deposit (really, don't forget your email address!).
But that's not all! If you are on a quest for tasty and humanely raised pork, take note!
If you would like to reserve a turkey please mail your $25 deposit check, made out to Brambly Farm, to:
Brambly Farm
84 Cleveland St
Norfolk, MA 02056
Please include the following information: Your name, phone number, email address, and preference of birds (breed and size). Sooner is better for best selection . . .
The fresh (not frozen) Turkeys will be available for pick-up the Monday and Tuesday just before Thanksgiving (Nov. 22 &23) here at White Barn Farm. We will send a notice with more details about the pick-up to all who have sent a deposit (really, don't forget your email address!).
But that's not all! If you are on a quest for tasty and humanely raised pork, take note!
Pigs
We've booked in 6 pigs for processing on Sept 27 at Bloods USDA facility in Groton. The pigs will be Tamworth, Berkshire or Large Black or a combination of two of those breeds. They are looking magnificent at the moment and any customer who purchases meat is very welcome to visit on any Sunday to see them on the farm. Please call ahead first so we can arrange for someone to act as tour guide because some of the pigs are very big here on the farm.
We are selling half pigs at $5.25 / lb hanging weight with all smoking / curing and processing included in price.
We are selling whole pigs at $ 5 / lb hanging weight, again, with all fees covered in price.
Expected hanging weights should be from 150 lbs to 200lbs but will be unknown until the day after processing. Bloods do a nice job of the processing but occasional mistakes can and do occur which are out of Brambly Farm's control.
We will have an additional 6 pigs booked in for 25 of October and those are also currently available.
A $100 deposit is requested to reserve a pig or half pig. Cut sheets will be sent to each customer so that they can have their meat cut to their preferences prior to the processing date.
Please call or email Sandra or myself (Ted) if you have any questions or you want to find out about volume pricing. Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards
Ted
Brambly Farms
508 520 2321
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