A tom Chocolate turkey, one of the last of his breed, puffs up his feathers in the yard of Jim Czack's farm. A farmer in Loudon is calling it quits on a years-long project – to breed a rare type of ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - A farmer in Loudon is calling it quits on a yearslong project - to breed a rare type of turkey called the Chocolate turkey. They’re thought to be one of the tastiest breeds in the ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

Heritage breed turkeys are making a comeback. These birds taste more like the turkeys that Native Americans and settlers ate in the 17th century, compared to today's Butterball turkeys. Just 20 years ...

“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time, we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” –Linda Hogan A turkey is a turkey is a turkey.

Birds are an inescapable presence at Élevage de Volailles, the farm in Loudon, New Hampshire, that Jim Czack owns and operates with his partner Annette. There are Pekin ducks, Cornish chickens and a ...

Now known as “heritage turkeys,” many of the ancient breeds almost went extinct in the late 1990s. But those colorful, playful and spritely bird breeds are on the rebound as a small group of niche ...