Turkeys

When went here to the province of my husband we were so amaze about the different animals they have. Their backyard is like a small farm. They have native chickens, pigs, ducks, goats and turkeys.

Since it's our first time to go there during that time, they prepared a special meal for us. They cooked some turkeys. Yes turkeys. I haven't eat turkey before, this will be my first time. And yes it taste delicious like chicken too.

I used to work in a BPO company before, and every last week of September, Americans celebrate Thanks Giving and their special dish for this very special kind of holiday is the turkey!

How did turkey become the centerpiece of this feast?

According to what traditionally is known as "The First Thanksgiving," the 1621 feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag at Plymouth Colony contained waterfowl, venison, lobster, clams, fruits, pumpkin.William Bradford noted that, "besides waterfowl, there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many."

Domestic turkeys show a wide diversity of behaviors including 'comfort' behaviors such as wing-flapping, feather ruffling, leg stretching and dust-bathing. Turkeys are highly social and become very distressed when isolated. Adults can recognize 'strangers' and placing any alien turkey into an established group will almost certainly result in that individual being attacked, sometimes fatally.

Maturing males spend a considerable proportion of their time sexually displaying. This is very similar to that of the wild turkey and involves fanning the tail feathers, drooping the wings and erecting all body feathers.