Turkeys

These intelligent birds form complex social groups and spend their days foraging, using their beaks to search for insects, acorns, grains and other delicacies. Turkeys enjoy tight-knit families—not only do broods remain together for up to five months, but male siblings form lifelong social units.

Turkeys deserve better

Life is very different for turkeys raised on factory farms. They can’t engage in natural behaviors like foraging. Their lives are short and painful. In the wild, turkeys can live up to 12 years, but male turkeys on factory farms live just over 130 days and are bred to grow at an accelerated pace, causing muscular, skeletal and other health problems.

In the wild, turkey broods have home ranges of up to 500 acres. Small groups forage together by day; at night, they roost high in trees. In commercial production systems like factory farms, turkeys are confined to tiny spaces—as little as 2.5 cubic feet per bird, about the size of a minifridge.