EXERCISE REMARKABLE SELF-CONTROL.
♪ FROM BROOKLINE TO MARBLEHEAD, EVEN AT A STOP, WILD TURKEYS ARE BOOMING IN THE BAYSTATE.
>> EVE SINGLE TOWN HAS WILD TURKEYS, EXCEPT NANTUCKET.
>> IN T 1970’S, THERE WEREN’T ANY NATIVE WILD TURKEYS.
THAT IS WHEN THEY TOOK BIRDS AND LET THEM LOOSE IN THE BERKSHIRES.
FOUR DECAD LATER, 20,000 TO 25,000 WILD TURKEY CALL MASSACHUSETTS HOME.
WILDLI ALLE BIOLOGIST HAS BECOME THE GUY TO TALK WITH.
THEY SEE THEM IN THEIR BACKYARD, THEIR CAR, OR FOLLOWING THEM AROUND.
NOW THEY GET IT.
♪ FALMOUTH CENTER WENT TO THESE BIRDS A WHILE AGO.
>> THEY USED TO HANG OUT FRONT AT THE DOOR, THEN LOOK IN.
MANAGE THOUGHT WHY DON’T WE DO T-SHIRTS.
SOME OF THEM DESIGNED LOGOS ONE WAS A MAN RUNNING FROM A TURKEY.
PEOPLE WILL HONK AT THE TURKEYS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE CROSSWALK.
THEY DON’T MOVE.
>> IT IS LIKE THEY OWN THE PLACE.
>> THEY DO.
>> THE TURKEYS FILLED THE YELLOW SPACE OF THE CROSSWALK.
IT WAS SO SIMILAR TO THE ICONIC ABBEY ROAD BEATLES COVER.
>> NANCY IS THE PRINCIPAL AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> THEY WERE PACKING AT THE WINDOWS.
THE TEACHER TURNED IT INTO A WRITING PROMPT AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TURKEYS SEE WHEN THEY LOOK IN?
NO ONE TRACKS AGAIN MORE CLOSELY THAN BRI FROM CAPE COD WAY.COM.
>> I HAVE A PHD IN TURKEY JOURNALISM.
>> HE IS THE GUY BEHIND THE DANDELION AND THIS MAILMAN VERSUS TURKEY VIDEO.
IN A DECISION VEST DESCRIBED AS PROFESSIONAL PRESERVATION, HE THINKS IT IS BEST TO KEEP HIS IDENTITY SECRET, NOT FROM YOU, BUT -- YOU KNOW.
MAYBE THE TURKEYS HAVE IT IN FOR YOU?
I AM CAREFUL WHERE I WALK.
DAVID SAYS LET THEM KNOW WHO IS BOSS AND DON’T OFFER THEM A FREE LUNCH.
INSTEAD, OFFER THEM A COMPLIMENT.
>> THEY ARE HANDSOME BIRDS.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SUGGEST OTHERWISE.
I DEAL WITH TURKEYS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
I CAN FIND BEAUTY IN THEM.
ANTHON THE TURKEYS AND FALMOUTH ARE VIRTUALLY GONE.
SHAYNA: THEY’VE REMOVED THE LARGEST MALE AGGRESSIVE BIRD, AND THE REST WENT TO FIND A QUIET PLACE TO HANG OUT.
ANTHONY: GOOD FOR THEM.
SHAYNA: FROM WILD BIRDS, TO THOSE ON OUR DINNER TABLE.
ANTHONY: IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AT BOB’S TURKEY FARM IN LANCASTER.
♪ BIRDS OF A FEATHER AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
DAD STARTED THE FARM IN 1954.
HE WAS IN THE SERVICE.
HE STARTED THE FARM WITH HIS DAD.
HE STARTED WITH 125 TURKEYS.
>> THE BUSINESS HAS COME A LON WAY.
BOB’S IS STILL FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED, BUT NOW RAISES 10,000 TURKEYS EVERY YEAR.
>> I RUN THE RETAIL END OF IT, OVERSEE VACATION -- KITCHEN.
MY BROTHER RICHARD RAISES THE TURKEYS.
>> ALL SEVEN OF BOB’S CHILDREN HAVE HELPED AT SOME POINT IN THE RACE TO TURKEY DAY.
WE WORK ALL YEAR FOR THANKSGIVING.
WE START BREEDING IN APRIL, HATCHING IN MAY, THEN WE’VE RAISE THOSE BIRDS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
>> WHICH CAME FIRST, THE TURKEY OR THE EGG?
>> YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IS A FULL-TIME JOB.
>> THEY COLLECT EGGS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY.
THEY SIT IN AN INCUBATOR EVERY WEEK.
>> 40,000 EGGS YEAR, AFTER SETTING ASIDE 10,000, RICHARD SELLS THE REMAINING TWO OTHER FARMS AND RETAIL CONSUMERS.
THAT IS A MALE, A FEMALE.
>> CASEY RUNS THE KITCHEN.
AMONG THEIR SPECIALTIES, THIS TURKEY FIVE.
CASEY TRANSPORTS THESE ITEMS TO FARMERS MARKETS IN NEWTON AND BROOKLINE.
WE MAKE PROCESSED PRODUCTS FROM TURKEY PIES, GROUND TURKEY MEAT, LASAGNA, SOUP, YOU NAM IT.
WE MAKE IT.
>> CARLO A JOANNE SAY THEY COULD NEVER IMAGINE CELEBRATING WITHOUT A BIRD FROM BOB’S.
>> IT IS AT LEAST 27 YEARS.
EVERYTHING IS FRESH.
IT IS FAMILY-RUN AND CLEAN AND NEAT.
>> FRESH TURKEY.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
THE REAL DEAL.
♪ A FARMER’S WORK IS NEVER DONE.
>> YOU ARE BUSY ALL THE TIME.
THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME YOU ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING.
>> WITH A EFFORT GO COLD TURKEY?
>> OUR CHILDREN DO HELP US OUT DURING THE MATH RUSH FOR THANKSGIVING.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE HERE FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
♪ SHAYNA THE FARM HAD A DEVASTATING FIRE IN 2016.
ANTHON A BARN WENT UP IN FLAMES IN 10 MINUTES.
THEY REBUILT AND WERE READY TO GO FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
INCREDIBLE.
SHAYNA: A LOCAL COMPANY RECEIVES DESPERATE PLEAS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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