Walters Family: Turkeys Raised with Care

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The Walters Family have been farming at Bower Farm high on the Berkshire Downs for over 100 years and producing the finest quality Christmas Turkeys for over 50 Years

We are very much a family business, passionate about the welfare and production of our turkeys. Carefully selecting slow growing traditional breeds that reach full maturity naturally. Traditional farming methods are used to rear our turkeys, their diet includes homegrown cereals milled on the farm and importantly their food is free from growth promoters. All of our turkeys have a specially formulated diet, their nutrition is key and is something we take very seriously.

The Turkeys live in spacious airy barns that open onto our lush green meadows. By day the Turkeys enjoy the fresh air of the Berkshire downs, running through the meadows and expelling their natural instinct by foraging and pecking through the grass. When dusk descends the turkeys make their way back into the large fresh straw bedded to barns to be shut up safely for the night.

All of our turkeys are dry plucked and hand finished on our farm using our modern facilities. They are game hung for up to two weeks in purpose built refrigerated rooms. This ensures our turkeys are moist, tender and develop that full old fashioned flavor Walters Turkeys are renowned for.

We pride ourselves on the care and attention given to the welfare of our turkeys ensuring they are reared in a happy stress-free environment. To guarantee our stringent welfare production methods we are inspected by the local Environmental Health Officer, The Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association (TFTA) and the Soil Association.

This year the Walters team was delighted to have been awarded two great taste stars for our free-range bronze whole turkey and free-range bronze turkey breast roast.   Great Taste is the world’s largest food and drink award scheme, following rigorous judging we are very proud that our turkeys have been judged as ‘outstanding, above and beyond delicious’.

Your turkey will be oven ready, carefully wrapped in greaseproof paper and neatly placed in a box with a sprig of fresh rosemary and vacuum-packed giblets to make a delicious gravy.

To assist you with cooking your Walters Turkey a pop-up timer, cooking instructions and leaflet full of mouthwatering recipes will be included’.