Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey

The Broad Breasted Bronze turkey is considered by some to be the largest and heaviest of the turkey variety. The Bronze strain is an American origination and admitted into the American Standard of Perfection in 1874. The Bronze Broad Breasted turkey is an excellent turkey to raise for family meat production and has an excellent feed to meat conversion rate. However, generally the Broad Breasted Bronze turkey does not reproduce very well because of their large size. The Parent Stock are artificially inseminated in order to insure excellent hatchability of their eggs here at Hatchery®. The Broad Breasted Bronze turkey will have a shorter natural life span than a heritage turkey because of their large size and have a generally very poor reproduction rate. Hatchery® currently uses the bloodlines of Aviagen Turkeys, Inc.

Breed Facts

• Poultry Show Class: Not Applicable
• Weights: Hen—–21 lbs (at 20 wks)
  Tom—-29 lbs (at 20 wks)  Projected Live Turkey Weights (No Guarantees)
• Purpose and Type: Meat; Production; Commercial
• Egg Color: Off White with brown specks
• Egg Production: Poor
• Egg Size: Large to Extra Large
• Temperament: Docile
• Fertility Percentage: 65-80%
• Mating Ratio: 4 Females to 1 Male
• Roost Height: 0 to 2 feet
• Country of Origin: North America
• APA: No
• Breeder Farm Source: “Hatchery® Poultry Breeding Farm” developing our bloodline or strain of Broad Breasted Bronze Turkey Breed since 1987. Hatchery® currently using and selling the bloodlines of Aviagen Turkeys, Inc.