The organic turkey

Robust Turkey

Foto: Timo Jaworr

Robust Turkeys (Organic Turkey) are small, strong animals with black and white patterned plumage. Completely white animals can also occur. It is a young cross-breed, which is specially designed for the direct marketing farmer. The breeder of the Robust turkeys is the Demeter farmer Christine Bremer.

At a glance

General information

Crossbreeding 

black and white patterned plumage

Hatching eggs & chicks on pro order 

No 

Not certified in accordance with the EU Animal Health Regulation (BmTierSSchV) and are therefore not approved for trade in EU-certified hatcheries and the export to EU-countries and third countries.

Robust turkeys are particularly suitable for direct-marketing farms with small groups of free-range turkeys, as the animals are characterized by high vitality and stress resistance.

“Robust turkey - development of an economical organic turkey cross for the direct marketing farmer” was an EIP-Projectwhich was funded by the EU and the state of Lower Saxony from 2019 to 2022 and coordinated by Kompetenzzentrum Ökolandbau Niedersachsen GmbH, Bahnhofstraße 15 b in 27374 Visselhövede.

Cock and hen belong together

Behavior and performance

Robust Turkey Hens

Robustpute Henne
Foto: Timo Jaworr

Robust Turkey Cocks

Robustpute | Bio Pute | Christine Bremer
Foto: Timo Jaworr

BREEDING OBJECTIVES

Breeding goals of the Robust turkey at a glance

  • Vitality and stress resistance in free-range farming
  • Sociability
  • Good foraging behavior
  • Frugality
  • Early maturity (final weight after 30 weeks)
  • Up to 6.5 kilograms final weight of the hen
  • 7 to 8.5 kilograms final weight of the cocks
  • At least 65 % cannibalization
  • At least 25 % breast meat
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