Producer Info

Duerksen Turkey Farm

Address
7214 S. M-66
Mancelona
MI
Email
Phone
(231) 587-8267
Website
# of Products
15
 
 
About Us

We are a third generation turkey farm located 75 miles south of the Mackinaw Bridge in beautiful Northern Michigan in Antrim County. Our farm sits on 45 acres of beautiful woods and green pasture out in the country.
Ricks grandmother started the business in the mid 1940s.
After we married in 1976 we stepped in and began raising turkeys something my husband and I love doing together. We have raised our four children on the farm and have appreciated all their hard work and many hours together doing what we love. We care deeply about the quality of our products and want to produce the healthiest turkey possible so you our customers and friends will enjoy the delicious taste and the health benefits of eating our turkey products

Ingredients

Our turkeys are pasture raised but have GMO free grain available for them daily. The turkeys are FREE from chemicals, antibiotics and growth hormones.

Practices

Our baby turkeys poults are a day old when we get them. They are raised in a warm comfortable and clean environment with dry litter. When they reach approximately 4-5 weeks of age they are allowed to graze the pasture where they have access to green grasses and plenty of aged shade trees for comfort and ample room to run which is great exercise while dining on a smorgasboard of insects We feel it is important to raise the turkeys the way they were intended to be raised, outside on pasture We handle our turkeys with TLC from day one to slaughter.
We have our MDA approved slaughter facility on site where we adhere to high sanitation standards. Our goal is to bring our customers a premium product at a fair price.
IMPORTANT FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT PASTURE RAISED TURKEYS:
21% less total fat
30% less saturated fat
28% fewer calories
50% more vitamin A
100% more Omega3

Highlights

Please visit our website for many more recipes and cooking tips. Pastured turkey is very lean therefore we suggest you take your time to cook the meat and follow our motto of low and slow and you won't go wrong. We look forward to introducing a new turkey product every year and this year we are excited to offer our own recipe for turkey breakfast sausage. Back by popular demand..turkey brats, three choices available..plain, cheese, or spinach & feta. There is a new restaurant called Wishbones in Traverse City Mi that will be opening up in March of 2011 they are featuring our turkey on their menu if you are ever in the area PLEASE stop in for breakfast or lunch Beginning in May through October you will find us at many local farm markets. We are also in health food stores and a few other local restaurants

Additional

We are excited to be apart of West Michigan Coop and look forward to getting to know you all in the months to come.
We care deeply and passionately about our turkey products and are always looking forward to offering new products. Keep watching...new products may appear in the future!!
Hope you enjoy your turkey products! Thank you!

***** New this season are our Heritage Turkeys which are Bourbon Reds. They will come fresh and ready for Thanksgiving. Order early...there is a limited supply.
Whole fresh turkeys will be available for Thanksgiving. Order early to secure your desired weight.