Elberton's heritage turkey farm

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Photo gallery of Tim and Liz Youngs Nature's Harmony farm in Elberton, Ga. during the Saturday before Thanksgiving when folks came to pick up their turkeys.

Farmers Tim and Liz Young own Nature's Harmony farm in Elberton, Ga. Their speciality this time of year: heritage turkeys, of course.

The Youngs' $4.75-per-pound, pastured, hormone- and antibiotic- free turkeys will adorn many holiday tables this year.

The farm had begun taking orders for the birds in mid-March. They'd sold out by May 1, with 100 people on a waiting list. Here, Liz Young handles turkey transactions while farm apprentice Brad Morris fetches birds and other meat from the walk-in freezer for Drew Kleinhans of Roswell.

The heritage breeds the Youngs raise were once common on farms, but nearly vanished as mass producers favored Broad-Breasted Whites: those tender, widely available birds that cook low and slow.

Some turkey buyers drove as long as three hours to visit the farm and pick up heritage breed turkeys on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Tim Young helps Jane Russell, of Athens, pick a turkey from the walk-in freezer.

Metro Atlanta buyers could have picked up the birds when Tim Young delivered around the area Sunday, but many chose instead to wander the 76 acres with kids and leashed dogs, their Priuses and Volkswagens parked along the rocky drive. Here, Russell pays Young for her 10-pound heritage breed turkey.

"When you raise the animals in a loving, caring way, I enjoy doing the killing," said Tim Young. "I wouldn't trust it to anybody else."

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Farmers Tim and Liz Young own Nature's Harmony farm in Elberton, Ga. Their speciality this time of year: heritage turkeys, of course.

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