Fresh Winter's Turkeys products are available at Thanksgiving and Christmas seasonally. Here is a link to our retailers carrying our product fresh for the holidays.

Fresh turkeys and fresh turkey products are available seasonally at Thanksgiving and Christmas. However, if you are looking for turkey throughout the year, our turkeys and complete product list are frozen in stores and on our online store.

Please check our list of distributors.

A baby turkey is called a poult. An adult female turkey is called a hen. An adult male turkey is called a tom.

All licensed turkey producers in Alberta must meet the requirements of the On-Farm Food Safety Program and The Flock Care Program. Alberta Turkey Producers and Turkey Farmers of Canada administer these programs.

All of Winter's Turkeys are free-range. Free range means that our birds have free and unfettered access to the outdoors. On our farm, this means that the birds have fenced runs behind each barn that the turkeys have access to year-round. As a result, the turkey's range is filled with grass, hay, branches to perch on and plants to peck at.

One of our flocks for each festive season is raised as Certified Organic. Certified organic describes how the turkeys are raised and, more specifically, what those turkeys eat. All of the feed rations for this flock are certified organic. In addition, Ecocert Canada visits our farm annually to audit our facilities and to certify Winter's Turkeys for each production year.

We primarily raise Broad Breasted White turkeys. These are the most common turkey grown worldwide. This breed was intentionally developed for meat production and for feather colour. Broad Breasted White turkeys have ample breast meat, and their pin feathers are less visible when the turkey is prepared and dressed because the feathers are white.

We raise an Heirloom Orlopp Bronze turkey for our certified organic flocks. Heirloom turkeys are a group of domesticated birds bred for generations while maintaining their native traits. Heirloom turkeys are smaller and have less white meat than commercial turkeys. As a result, these turkeys produce exquisite meat with an exceptional, rich flavour that's tender and juicy.

Yes. Our birds are introduced to the outdoors at three weeks of age and have unlimited access to the outdoors at five weeks of age.

Our turkeys are fed a feed program developed by Darrel's dad, Jack Winter, and perfected over the generations. All Winter's Turkeys are fed a whole grain diet primarily with a whole wheat base.

Feed Program:

On our farm, turkeys arrive as day-old poults. Our poults are fed a fine, crumbled feed for the first four weeks. This crumble is produced at a feed plant in Southern Alberta. Then, starting at week five, we add increasing amounts of whole wheat to the birds' rations. This amount rises weekly until around week 14 when the birds eat 90% whole wheat. Grandpa Jack started the original feed program, which has been updated and approved by nutritionists to ensure that we are meeting the nutritional needs of the turkeys.

Our organic turkey feed is mixed entirely on the farm for the entire lifespan of the birds. Our organic flock is fed organic wheat, organic soy meal, organic flax or canola meal, organic peas, and minerals. We mill and grind the wheat and peas for the first five weeks and then begin mixing in whole wheat as the flock matures.