You’re supposed to change their feed when they get to the desired size.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
My neighbor tried to raise some turkeys for Christmas. Those were bred to grow really quickly but his timing was off. They have to be slaughtered within a small window before they get too fat and their hearts give out. He had to do an early Christmas.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
ranzispa@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Don’t know about the small window thing. We had turkeys for a while, but to be fair it was more about domestic animals than food source. Those things would get huge. I remember once some friends were coming to visit at night and seeing them on the roof got scared and ran off.
AsoFiafia@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Seeing a turkey on someone’s roof might scare me off, too. Turkeys can be bastards.
lena@gregtech.eu 3 weeks ago
That’s a pretty miserable existence for turkeys
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
It’s pretty common for animals in the meat industry. A broiler chicken goes from hatching to supermarket in 6 weeks. That’s what’s being called efficiency these days.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I worked at a broiler farm one summer. 35 days is the time from when they arrive to when they leave to get slaughtered.
markovs_gun@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A lot of people live this way too. They just keep working and getting fatter until they die of a heart attack at 60
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Lmfao fair point