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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.

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lena@gregtech.eu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s a pretty miserable existence for turkeys

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- 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.
  
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  - 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.
    
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- 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
  
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  - FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Lmfao fair point
    
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Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You’re supposed to change their feed when they get to the desired size.

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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.

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- AsoFiafia@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Seeing a turkey on someone’s roof might scare me off, too. Turkeys can be bastards.
  
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