3 Generations of Joy

Frank Joy started poultry farming in August 1929. At the age of 21 he bought his first farm in Effingham. In 1948 he bought Openview Farm where the Joy family have been farming since. Franks vision was to produce great tasting food. He reared Turkeys, chickens and ducks supplying butchers, restaurants right through to selling direct to locals.

Derek Joy, Franks son, took over in the 1960’s, buying Bramble Farm, along with his other farming activities in the 1970's. As trends changed and Super markets took hold, Bramble Farm Turkeys grew to become a main Bronze free range turkey supplier in Smithfield market, including butchers in Holland Park, Kensington, Piccadilly in London and also further afield in the South East through Hampshire, Sussex and and of course Surrey.

Adrian Joy, Derek’s son, now runs the business, he checks the birds daily and still uses some of Frank Joy methods. Things have moved on in some ways though like with the introduction of a online shopping. We have customers who started coming to us for their Turkeys when Frank was around and now third generations come now to collect their Christmas turkey.

Our ethos is still the same Frank set out to do - to produce great tasting food.

Alan, Sarah, Adrian, Derek and Pauline 2017

The Joy family are proud to supply award winning, free range, slowly matured, flavoursome and succulent turkeys of the finest quality, mainly for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The great news is that you can buy them directly from the farm.

Find our more about:

Our Bronze Turkeys and why buy from us
What size turkey will fit in my oven and the size of turkey needed for the number of guests.
The difference between a whole bird, crown and roll.

Customer reviews:

"Delicious! We had our first Bramble Farm turkey and will only buy from you now"

/ Tracy, Morden, a new loyal customer /

Bronze turkeys since 1929

Why buy from us?

We’ve been producing high quality, award winning, slowly matured, great tasting, succulent turkeys in the Surrey Hills area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 1929. Birds here free range on free-draining chalk pastures which are ideal for birds. They naturally forage the fields for insects, grubs, plants and nettles. They are fed on the highest quality feed providing them with a rich diet that with being allowed to slowly mature gives them their award winning flavour. You can buy from a few select farm shops and retailers or you can buy directly from us – just click the order online button above!

Which breed?

We only rear traditional Bronze turkeys. They are flavoursome and succulent. Their name comes from the beautiful bronze feathers they develop.

Why slowly reared?

It’s simple, to get the best flavour it takes time. Supermarket turkeys are reared in as little as 12 weeks, ours are reared in nearly 6 months, over double the cost to produce but immeasurably better flavour. The birds also have a better life.

We think it’s the right thing to do and we’re lucky our customers agree. Some have been buying our turkeys from us for over 50 years.

Why free range?

Our turkey's welfare is the most important thing to us. We like to give them the best life we can. That means plenty of space in their buildings (our stocking rates are often half of high welfare organisations recommendations) and letting them roam in plenty of space outside as well. It also means only the best straw to sleep on, the highest quality feed, plenty of natural light, fresh air, water and things to keep them entertained like perches and straw bales to peck and perch on.

We look after them round the clock. From the start when they are chicks the checks start at 5:00am, then regularly through the day and the last check is around 11.00pm. We feel our turkeys have the best welfare possible, almost impossible to achieve in mass produced turkeys.

When are they available?

We offer whole birds, crowns and rolled joints for Thanksgiving and Christmas - book online now just click the order online button in the top right or on the menu!

Where can I buy one?

We supply a few selected high end butchers and farm shops across London, Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire. If you order online here for delivery or collection from the farm in West Horsley or buy from a few select farm shops in Surrey the birds are reared right here in West Horsley. You can buy direct from us by clicking the order online button above and either have delivered - or collect from the farm in West Horsley, Surrey.

What do our customers say?

We are very lucky to have customers that have been buying from us for over 55 years now, even third generations coming to collect their turkey from us. Find out what our customers old and new say about our turkeys. Read their reviews.