What Is the Difference Between a Bronze and Black Turkey

What’s the difference between a Bronze and Norfolk Black free range turkey? The Norfolk Black turkey is one of the original turkey breeds. … The Bronze turkey was bred out of the Norfolk Black and has a mellow succulent taste which really rattles the taste buds.

Is a Bronze turkey better?

Bronze turkeys are the old-fashioned black coloured bird once common on Irish farms. As they are slower to grow they should taste more tender than a commercial turkey. The meat is also said to have more flavour as the turkeys forage in grass and have a more varied diet. … They’re tender, juicy and have lots of flavour.”

What is the difference with a Bronze turkey?

This has nothing to do with the colour of the meat – both turkeys have white breast meat and brown leg meat, but perhaps unsurprisingly white turkeys have white feathers and bronze turkeys have feathers ranging from black to a brown copper colour and everywhere in between.