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I also heard this years ago. Me being me, I had to point out that if this were true wild turkeys would have gone extinct long ago, at which point the story changed to domestic strains raised for meat. Given what I have seen and heard about large-scale commercial poultry raising, I do sometimes wonder if there is a grain of truth behind this one somewhere back in time ... broiler house poultry who have spent their (short) lives in a large building who suddenly find themselves outdoors and in the rain the first time might look up to see what is dripping on them.
Just some idle coffee-inspired musings.
I also heard this years ago. Me being me, I had to point out that if this were true wild turkeys would have gone extinct long ago, at which point the story changed to domestic strains raised for meat. Given what I have seen and heard about large-scale commercial poultry raising, I do sometimes wonder if there is a grain of truth behind this one somewhere back in time ... broiler house poultry who have spent their (short) lives in a large building who suddenly find themselves outdoors and in the rain the first time might look up to see what is dripping on them.
Just some idle coffee-inspired musings.