Heritage Midget White Turkey
Looking for our fresh birds for Thanksgiving? Here’s a link!
READ MORE about how we raise our turkeys for Thanksgiving in this Star News Article
The Midget White Turkey is a small, broad-breasted turkey that looks like a miniature version of a commercial Broad Breasted White turkey. The biggest difference is that Midget Whites are not only a heritage breed (developed in the 1960’s) and that they are only 8-12 pounds. They were designed to be the perfect turkey for family dinner. Their smaller size makes it easier to prepare and consume for a normal dinner… not just for holiday dinners.
They are quite docile and a joy to have on the farm!
Greenlands Farm is a member of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
Our NPIP status is U.S. Pollorum-Typhoid Clean, AI Clean, and Salmonella Monitored.
Looking for our fresh turkeys? Here’s a LINK
HATCHING EGGS
We will have a limited amount we will pre-sell Spring 2026. Please understand it is a waitlist and the shipping date can not be guaranteed until the breeding season has started and we have checked fertility. There are NO REFUNDS.
Ordering Limit
Important: Please only select one listing per breed. If you would like more than what we have listed, please contact us to see if we are able to fulfill. We are a hobby farm and generally don’t have large flocks, but sometimes our layers produce more during certain seasons.
Your payment secures your spot in our shipping schedule. We fulfill orders in the order we receive them. Please understand there may be a wait list. Shipping choices are at checkout.
We have a limited amount we are pre-selling for 2026. Please understand it is a waitlist and the shipping date can not be guaranteed until the breeding season has started and we have checked fertility. There are NO REFUNDS.
We are a small hobby farm and do not have 100’s of birds of each breed, therefore, we have a limited amount we presell and then release more shipping dates as availability arises. Please carefully select your shipping date as WE DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS. Your shipping date is not guaranteed but we do leave a week open every several weeks to reschedule should we have setbacks with things out of our control (weather, egg production, family emergencies, etc.). Our Spring shipments start when we have checked our fertility rates - which we are very particular about. If our rates aren’t good, we don’t ship until they are. So, our first release of dates are limited each year until we confirm and then we add dates throughout the breeding season - so check back or join our Poultry & Livestock Newsletter for updates.
You can not place two orders of the same listing but you are welcome to choose another listing of another quantity.
Your payment secures your spot in our shipping schedule. We normally only ship on Mondays and Tuesdays (depending on the destination, sometimes we ship Express on Wednesday or Thursday). We fulfill orders in the order we receive them.We highly suggest USPS EXPRESS or UPS 2nd Day Air because you get a guaranteeddelivery date and the mail has been running unpredictability. Local Pickup, please select “Local Pick Up” for shipping during checkout.
We have hatching eggs available from around April - October. Quantities vary on the season and flock size. You are welcome to contact us off season to see what we have available. We require payment in full before pick-up and shipment. We can not guarantee a successful home hatching but we do have a 80% - 95% hatch rate on our farm. Please read our policy thoroughly at checkout before purchasing.
We have a limited amount we are pre-selling for 2025 breeding season. Please understand it is a waitlist and the shipping date can not be guaranteed. There are NO REFUNDS.
We are a small hobby farm and do not have 100’s of birds of each breed, therefore, we have a limited amount we presell and then release more shipping dates as availability arises. Please carefully select your shipping date as WE DO NOT OFFER REFUNDS. Your shipping date is not guaranteed but we do leave a week open every several weeks to reschedule should we have setbacks with things out of our control (weather, egg production, family emergencies, etc.). Our Spring shipments start when we have checked our fertility rates - which we are very particular about. If our rates aren’t good, we don’t ship until they are. So, our first release of dates are limited each year until we confirm and then we add dates throughout the breeding season - so check back or follow us on facebook @greenlandsfarm.animals for updates.
You can not place two orders of the same listing but you are welcome to choose another listing of another quantity.
Your payment secures your spot in our shipping schedule. We normally only ship on Mondays and Tuesdays (depending on the destination, sometimes we ship Express on Wednesday or Thursday). We fulfill orders in the order we receive them.We highly suggest USPS EXPRESS or UPS 2nd Day Air because you get a guaranteeddelivery date and the mail has been running unpredictability. Local Pickup, please select “Local Pick Up” for shipping during checkout.
We have hatching eggs available from around April - October. Quantities vary on the season and flock size. You are welcome to contact us off season to see what we have available. We require payment in full before pick-up and shipment. We can not guarantee a successful home hatching but we do have a 80% - 95% hatch rate on our farm. Please read our policy thoroughly at checkout before purchasing.
LIVE BIRDS
(shipping not available)
We will be hatching in the Spring of 2025. If you’d like to place an order to get on our waitlist, please contact us and we will send you a custom listing.
We have chicks available from April - August, please contact us for quantities before purchasing. We require payment in full before pick-up. Chicks are an additional $1.50 per week of age after one week old.
Midget White Turkey Breed Information
WE DO NOT SHIP LIVE BIRDS, pick up only. You are welcome to schedule a transport service.
Want to know more about these rare heritage turkeys? See more at Heritage Midget White Turkey
WE DO NOT SHIP LIVE BIRDS, pick up only. You are welcome to schedule a transport service. Pickup is in Bolivia, NC. Please select “Local Pickup”.
History
The Midget White is a breed of domestic turkey named for its white plumage and small stature. The breed is the smallest standard variety of turkey, and with toms at roughly 13 lbs and hens 8-10 lbs, it weighs only slightly more than the largest chickens.
A rare heritage turkey breed, the Midget White is classified as "Critical" by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. It is also included in the Ark of Taste, a catalog of foods in danger of extinction.
The Midget White is sometimes shown in the same class as the Beltsville Small White, but despite the similarity was bred from different lines, mostly white commercial turkeys and the Royal Palm. A newcomer among turkey breeds, it was originally developed in the 1960s by Dr. J. Robert Smyth at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a smaller complement to the Broad Breasted White. This anticipated demand never surfaced, and along with other rare breeds the Midget White declined as a result. The turkey is relatively friendly and is especially well-suited to being raised on small farms and on a homestead.
The BBC reported in 2014 that Midget White turkeys were thought to be extinct until about 90 of them were found in Alabama. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
