Midget White turkey

[2] It is also included in the Ark of Taste, a catalog of foods in danger of extinction.

[1] A newcomer among turkey breeds, it was originally developed in the 1960s by Dr. J. Robert Smyth at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a smaller complement to the Broad Breasted White.

This anticipated demand never surfaced, and along with other rare breeds the Midget White declined as a result.

[2] The turkey is relatively friendly and is especially well-suited to being raised on small farms and on a homestead.

[4] The BBC reported in 2014 that Midget White turkeys were thought to be extinct until about 90 of them were found in Alabama.