• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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    5 months ago

    This is at a facility that “processes” them rather than one that raises them. The turkeys most likely weren’t killed earlier than industry typically does (which is still young). Turkeys can live 10 yrs but are typically slaughtered between ~5-6 months old. Contract growers probably already reduced the amount of turkeys they raise because late January + 6 months comes out to around now

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      5 months ago

      Ah ok, thanks. So these closures just means less turkeys were born for slaughter in the first place. Good.