Midget white heritage turkeys poults

These turkeys are only a bit larger than the biggest chickens. Unfortunately, Midget White turkeys are not an overly popular variety despite their fantastic attributes for a small scale farmer with limited space. In the s, the Midget Whites were bred with the goal of being a Broad Breasted White turkey, but smaller. J Robert Smythe was mostly responsible for breeding the original stock for the variety at the University of Massachusetts. As the variety was dying out, one of Dr. This former student was named Dr.

Market Weight: 14 - 23 lbs Temperament: Highly dependent on selection by breeder, Some select for aggressive, others docile. The Midget White turkey was created in the early s by Dr. Robert Smyth at the University of Massachusetts. It was developed to meet an anticipated demand for a small version of the broad breasted turkey. Since this market did not develop as predicted, the Midget White never become widely popular. Soon after the development of the Midget White, the University of Massachusetts had to reduce its poultry holdings.

The Midget White Turkey is a small, broad-breasted variety of fowl which looks like a miniature version of a commercial Broad Breasted White turkey. The Midget White was originally developed for the smaller turkey market in the early s by Dr. Robert Smyth at the University of Massachusetts, and then later by Dr. Bernie Wentworth at the University of Wisconsin. Today the breed is considered rare and is listed as 'watch' by The Livestock Conservancy.

This page is for informational purposes only. Please contact your local hatchery. In the fall of , we acquired a small group of Midget White Turkeys. To our surprise, our young Midget White turkey hens began laying eggs in January Since we weren't sure how long they would continue to lay eggs, we collected them up each day and placed them in an incubator.