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On behalf of everyone here at 10,000 Birds, Wild Turkeys everywhere, and every diet-book author ever, have a Happy Thanksgiving! (Even if you aren’t American and don’t celebrate our peculiar holidays.) The reason that someone would put a giant inflatable turkey on their front yard to celebrate a day that is essentially dedicated to eating [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! While our custom on the fourth Thursday of November is traditionally to trot out some thrilling turkey facts, this may be an auspicious time to ponder the remarkable fortune of Meleagris gallopavo, the Wild Turkey. You might wonder why I would describe the bird being barbecued, baked, roasted, pan fried, and deep fried [...]

Here in the Unites States, we set aside the fourth Thursday in November to give thanks for the blessings we tend to take for granted every other day of the year. We also eat well and enjoy lots of football, for which I am quite grateful. On Thanksgiving, we tend to obsess about a particular [...]

With the arrival of another (American) Thanksgiving, it’s time to trot out the turkey facts. This day of thanks is, after all, known as Turkey Day. An overwhelming majority of turkeys polled feel that Thanksgiving is not actually Turkey Day. In fact, it seems a lot more like Anti-Turkey Day. Yes, the Wild Turkey is [...]