At a glance
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Scientific name
- Meleagris gallopavo
- Eggs per year
- ~90
- Egg colour
- Speckled cream
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Sizes
- Heritage
- Purpose
- Meat
- Purity
- Pure, Rare
About the British White Turkey
Pure white in both sexes and entirely free of cream or off-colours, the British White is distinguished from commercial white strains by its native standard form: dark blue-black eyes (iris dark hazel, pupil blue-black), a white-to-horn beak, pink throat and wattles, and flesh-pink legs and feet. A good-sized table bird — mature stags reach up to 12.7kg (28lb), hens up to 9kg (20lb) — it is classed Light in the standard. The true standard British White is exceedingly rare and listed as a Priority native breed on the RBST Watchlist.
Available clutches
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