Big christmas birds

Nov 26 2007

An entrepreneur claiming to offer a "Rolls-Royce" turkey service said he expected to make culinary history by selling birds on his farm for as much as £100.

Tom Copas, who runs a farm in Berkshire, believes he could be breeding Britain's most expensive family-size turkey - but he insists the birds are worth every penny.

In previous Christmases the £100 price tag has been reached by the super-heavyweight division of 22lb (10 kilo) birds, but a worldwide increase in grain feed value has pushed up prices to record levels.