The Making of a Turkey

[UsurperDunamis]

What if you adopt a turkey just to get a free meal?

[SiggyStern]

very sad!

[Itoruna]

Yes,broad breasted whites are usually fat and ugly,but paying attention to their needs makes them adorable pets with pink faces and pure white feathers. Bronze ones arent as friendly, and mildly unattractive in the face,but they are majestic,wise and better kept in pastures than the white's backyard.

[haymarketmassacre]

Nature is cruel.

Not everything said was true. The white turkeys were developed as they were found to be healthier than the dark feathered ones.

Were we not so blessed with plentiful and cheap food, noone would care about how we were able to get food.

In the wild, more than half birds do not live. In commercial settings, less than 10%.

I am grateful that I live in the world where I do not go hungry.

[7777dmith7777]

Tell Ocean Spray to stop making cranberry sauce....................stupi­d !!

[flchristine]

There are two types of Christians in this world.........Ones who believe in killing and abusing the animal kingdom.........and Ones who don't

[majormixer]

Pretty disturbing.

[MumboJumboTheatre]

yeah, making tons of shit , utilizing fossil fuels, the strain in occupying a piece of realistate and using tons of grain. Grain that could feed people.

[Itoruna]

the beginning was cuter than totoro! :) (hard to get cuter than him)

[sandinyourshoes]

These fat turkey hens will be going in the ovens by the truckloads in just two more months... For those who plan to rescue them, how many will that be? At what cost?

[InfoWarriorMaverick]

These operations are disgusting and disturbing and bad karma.

13:45... this is the best part of the video.

[DomTrucker]

i work at a plant like this and let me tell you it not like this at all except for the barn crowding...we take care of them.....now we cut the heads right off very fast there is no pain.... if the turkey is having a heart attack before the kill line we pet them to make them feel comfortable. but if you dont like this become a vegetarian

[MaTtRoSe09]

i agree i work on such a farm and we dont even chop thier heads off. if we treated them wrong we would get fired.

[wonderwoolies]

It's clear from the beginning of this video it has a biased ARA agenda. Too bad. I would like to see a more up to date video on current trends of heritage turkey raising and keeping backyard flocks that is sweeping the nation.  At least the video makes a good argument for buying from modern small farmers or raising and butchering your own. This ensures these beautiful and nutritious animals get the best life, food, care, bonding time with owners and are loved. Nothing tops home grown food.

[meddy89]

He's presenting facts. FACTS ARENT BIASED

[wonderwoolies]

Lol. I believe you are quite naive. I can present an abundance of facts and photos that show the exact opposite of this video. Are they not then truthful and unbiased? YouTube is not exactly the best resource for learning about how MOST animals are raised and prepared for the table now days. *rolls eyes* Try visiting a farm IRL.

[oden010]

For all you ignorant tree kissers, even the bible says that animals are for our use. Why don't you and your sandal wearing buddies get in s group and bitch to yourselves. This is about the only group that cares. Now I must go sharpen my knives because I have 5 turkeys to kill in the morning.

[jezreel69laadan]

Of course that animaks are for our own use, but there are also ways to treat them, the fact that they are goin g to be slaughtered doesn't mean that they must live suffering and under deplorable conditions. Have you seen they way cats and dogs are slaughtered in China? their skin is ripped off them when they're still alive> Do you think it is ok to treat them like that buddy? just because they're animals and were created for our consumption?

[waterchildtera]

what are those white birds

the turkeys ive shot where brown and black???

[susanspamyo]

Watch the video and you'll find out.

[americanhalo0]

wow we chose a meat eating carnivore instead of this beautiful majestic bird...(harmless too!)

[SEF6519]

AHAHAHAH xDD

is this vid SUPPOSE to make me think twice about thanksgiving?! =/

if thats the case, this vid FAILS!

a thanksgiving tradition that "doesn't resort to killing animals?!" what da fuck is the matter with u ppl?! o_O'

[Suckmyscene]

What the fuck is the matter with you dude

are you even human?

[SEF6519]

well geeze, if by human u mean that i should feel sympathy for my thankgiving turkey and ham because they had to be killed to be my food, then no, me and millions of other folks aren't human ^_^

[Sarasirk531]

no, it's just about turkey production video.

[SEF6519]

if it was a turkey production video, wouldn't just focus on ALL stages of production besides the slaughter? looks like some vegan propaganda to me =/

farm-slaughter-meat processing- packaging

ya know those sort of things are missing...

[JustiXReaper]

hey hey hey SEF6519, i'll make you a turkey.

And you'll suffer the same thing like them. but you'll suffer more.(^_^)

[SEF6519]

wow, thats a new way of bitching about it =/

that didn't convince me that it was wrong to eat turkey however. u do realize thanksgiving was a few weeks ago right? millions of turkeys are once agian killed and eaten, and there was nothing u or anyone else could do about it. and whats even funnier, its gonna happen next year to ^_^

[Suckmyscene]

Alright alright shut up already and move on to the next way of approving torture jeez

[SEF6519]

...da fuck?! o_o'

[Suckmyscene]

..Ok then...

[beaelliott]

How absolutely barbaric! What horrible conditions these animals live and die through. Everything in the poultry/animal agriculture industry is so cruel. Wonderful to know we don't need "meat" to live a very healthy life... Going vegan is better for health, better for the planet and certainly better for the animals - GO VEGAN

[farkinb1tch]

You can't set those birds free. They are genetically modified to grow large and fast. IF left past their "processing date" they WILL become crippled. Not being able to move, they can not get to food and water and they will starve. It's not a pleasant death. You can't set those birds free, but you can raise your own and treat them with care.

[vegantofucat]

Yes, they can be set free to live out their days in peace...to not end up being killed "with care"(?)

I have visited many many living past their "processing date". They sure seemed happy to be alive.

How do you feel raising an animal so absurdly modified that it would get so large and crippled that it could not get to food and water? Imagine all the people out there growing large and fast; yet they continue to live past their processing date.

[farkinb1tch]

I raise turkeys and chickens. Mine live outside in the grass and sunshine. Just today, while I was harvesting lettuce in my garden, all my turkeys came over and sat next to me while I was picking lettuce. Yes, they are tasty, and our turkeys are made into food for us and our neighbors. But we don't like killing them, and we do it with care. I won't buy store meat anymore. I raise all my own and know my animals get to live a good life in the sunshine, free to roam our pasture.

[OonaCanute]

...if you don't like killing them, don't.

[TheUnsilenced]

If you don't like killing them, why do it? People can thrive just fine without eating animal products. You yourself mentioned that they enjoy sitting next you, which shows that they are individuals with feelings who trust you. To kill sentient beings just because they "taste good," or to preserve tradition isn't a good enough reason.

[MyceliaProductions42]

TheUnsilenced: How about the tradition of humans being omnivores? I myself am an occasional vegan (struggling), but I'm not so blind as to see that life eats life. You can't get away from that basic fact.

[TheUnsilenced]

MyceliaProductions42: I realize that all life eats other life (although not always sentient life), and while I believe that humans are omnivores, I don't take that to meaning that we MUST consume animal products in order to survive, but that our bodies have evolved to be able to consume either plant or animal nutrition (thus we have a flexible digestive system). To be omnivorous does not mean we are obligated to consume animal products.

[TheUnsilenced]

While humans are able to survive on an all-plant diet (providing such resources are plentiful, as they are in "modernized" societies), other animals, such as carnivores and herbivores (or omnivorous animals whose food options are restricted to whatever they can find), are obligated to their diets, of which their bodies are exclusively designed. Since people can be vegan without comprising our health (unless resources are scarce), why harm sentient beings when we don't have to?

[MyceliaProductions42]

Well-put. Some say that veganism is a sign of a more-evolved civilization. That could be. And I have been quite impressed with the research showing that a vegan lifestyle is much better in terms of immune system, etc.

[tuffenoughtorock]

I have been fortunate to share my life with a turkey. They aren't dumb as people speculate. Each one has a distinct personality and enjoy being cuddled as much as a dog or cat. Please help spare a turkey's life. Rescue a commercial turkey or donate to rescue groups. Go vegan and save animals everywhere!

[MrAnderson1985]

Yes, but isn't Homer Simpson the pinnacle Icon of most American men? Wouldn't he (even though exagerated,) be the perfect reference?

[MrAnderson1985]

He is, I didn't realize. Thank you so much for your wisdom and intelligence in enlightening me.

[ngrplease]

pure sickness. I shall spread the word! Thx

[TurkeyPRODUCTlONS]

diddo

[YukiChan5]

Turkeys are really friendly and intelligent like a dog or cat. I can't understand how anyone could eat a turkey.

[MrAnderson1985]

Ask Homer Simpson what he would say about a nice golden bird on the table..  Mmmmm triptophan.

[smartass1101]

Because their damn delicious.