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[Tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Like set-and-forget trees, almost set-and-forget food perennials, 
set-and-forget wild turkeys should have a place in your semi-wild 
meat-on-the-hoof food supply.

You should give them some initial protection as purchased chicks, and 
after their early release, provide some food to keep them around---don't 
worry about adult night-time shelter, they do just fine perching in a 
tree, and will forage for 99 peercent of their food.  The set-and-forget 
part comes from their wildfowl ability to replicate themselves in the wild..

It will be a relief on your time and pocketbook to get away from those 
suicidal big-breasted turkeys deviloped for the factory-farm.

There are a lot of  more primitive, self-sufficient turkey breeds 
around---find them at www.albc-usa.org.

Endangered turkeys are all the way at the bottom of this URL.  
http://www.albc-usa.org./wtchlist.htm

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