The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.
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