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How To Raise And Slaughter Turkeys On Your Homestead
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When the first Europeans arrived in North America, they discovered a strange-looking bird that was stealthy in the woods, could run like a velociraptor and fly to boot! They also discovered that this fowl was quite tasty, and it is a well-established fact that my ancestors dined on this noble bird on that first Thanksgiving. That’s right, I’m a Mayflower descendent, so I guess you could say that me and the birds, turkeys to be exact, go way back.
Turkey were, of course, a wild bird, and they were wrongly labeled “turkey fowl” because Europeans believed they were part of the guinea fowl family that were thought to originate in the country of Turkey. The name stuck. Turkey (the birds) have spread across the globe starting around the year 1550. A lot can happen in half a millennium, and domestic breeds of turkey are a staple on many farms and homestead across the globe.
Raising the Thanksgiving Bird
When I was growing up, our neighbors had more than 20 turkeys and around 30 chickens raised on huge lots. Often, the birds would escape and we would wake up with a turkey gobbling at us, perched on our Chevrolet.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/how-to-2/how-to-raise-and-slaughter-turkeys-on-your-homestead/
