Large and Small Birds
Those that are caged are miserable; so much so that that misery is about all they can manage. I urge you to find free-range chickens and turkeys; those that are free to roam about, happily pecking in natural sun light. They should be the ones that know the experience of pulling a worm from the soil, interacting with their environment in all the ways they were meant to.
It requires a special character to raise your own poultry. No one wants to assume the responsibility of cooking a creature with whom they have shared a personal interaction. Our family had a few chickens in the back of the garden and with the kids we grew with one another. No one could bear to kill them, so they died a natural death. Whether you raise poultry to cook or as pets, it is vital that they are treated naturally, with kindness and the loving that one puts into any other food.
It requires a special character to raise your own poultry. No one wants to assume the responsibility of cooking a creature with whom they have shared a personal interaction. Our family had a few chickens in the back of the garden and with the kids we grew with one another. No one could bear to kill them, so they died a natural death. Whether you raise poultry to cook or as pets, it is vital that they are treated naturally, with kindness and the loving that one puts into any other food.