You’re supposed to change their feed when they get to the desired size.
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WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 21 hours 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 13 hours ago
ranzispa@mander.xyz 15 hours 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 25 minutes ago
Seeing a turkey on someone’s roof might scare me off, too. Turkeys can be bastards.
lena@gregtech.eu 20 hours ago
That’s a pretty miserable existence for turkeys
markovs_gun@lemmy.world 12 hours 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 1 hour ago
Lmfao fair point
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 16 hours 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 4 hours 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.