Last Monday I blogged about Heritage Turkeys at Inkwell Inspirations and mentioned it on our farm blog, Draper's Acres. I wasn't going to blog about it here because it seemed too far removed from writing. I was wrong.
The post has dogged me all week because the emphasis wasn't so much on the turkeys, but that they were Heritage turkeys. Heritage equates to history. And as such, it should be mentioned on this blog where the emphasis is on history as much as writing.
The links above will lead you to the posts where I talk about the efforts to preserve these colourful birds where at least one variety has gone extinct because it fell out of public interest for no particular reason other than human fickleness.
And to get you started, here's a photo of my husband, Nelson with a pair of young
Broad Breasted Bronze Heritage turkeys.
The post has dogged me all week because the emphasis wasn't so much on the turkeys, but that they were Heritage turkeys. Heritage equates to history. And as such, it should be mentioned on this blog where the emphasis is on history as much as writing.
The links above will lead you to the posts where I talk about the efforts to preserve these colourful birds where at least one variety has gone extinct because it fell out of public interest for no particular reason other than human fickleness.
And to get you started, here's a photo of my husband, Nelson with a pair of young
Broad Breasted Bronze Heritage turkeys.
Nelson Draper and Broad Breasted Bronze pair Heritage turkeys
Happy Thanksgiving
