Thursday Americans will consume about 45 million turkeys, so it's safe to say this is not the most wonderful time of the year for the turkey.
However you won't find that at the Chenoa Manor Animal Sanctuary in Chester County. Where Owner Rob Teti keeps the birds on a very vegetarian diet.
"They tend not to be very picky but they like grapes a lot," Teti told us while feeding the birds a salad mix.
Teti, a veterinarian who's been rescuing farm animals for a decade, says misconceptions about the bird run a fowl.
"I think the adjectives I would use would be assertive, inquisitive and outgoing," Teti said.
Teti goes on to say each bird has its own personality. Strong emotional bonds between birds and humans can be formed.
"Females tend to be more receptive to your affection," he explained.
Bonds are also formed between birds.
"They're already communicating in the eggshell prior to their hatching," he added.
Teti says turkeys are very intelligent and follow strict hierarchies and the gobbling is a way to communicate.
"Primarily to keep in touch with each other and let them know if there are predators and if a new food source is around," Teti said.
He's rescued plenty of factory birds too.
"Just seeing the first day when they are able to be outside and not in that situation anymore. There is a transformative experience in their color, a change in their personality it really emerges. They're not just zombies," Teti wanted us to know.
Teti will not be biting into a Turkey on Thursday, but you probably will, with possibly a new formed respect to chew on.
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