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Default A PLEA FROM AN INNOCENT TURKEY

In article >, Katra
> wrote:
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> I have a pair of Bourbon Red turkeys that are pets, and a "rescued"
> broad breasted white hen that is also a pet...
>
> I still eat turkey for Thanksgiving tho', just not my pet ones...


First rule of farming (especially if you're in 4H): Don't name your
livestock. Easier to send "that one over there" than to send Wattles,
Tommy, and Hen-rietta off to the stockyard. :-)
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