Broad Breasted White

About the Broad Breasted White

Pure white throughout, the white plumage is the defining commercial advantage of this variety: white pin feathers are far less visible on the dressed bird, leaving a clean-looking carcass. The breed was created from the 1950s by crossing the White Holland with the Broad Breasted Bronze, so it pairs that white feathering with the enormously deep-breasted, fast-growing meat conformation that has made it the dominant commercial turkey since the 1960s. It is a production bird rather than a heritage breed, and its size means it typically requires artificial insemination to breed.