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My Family's Turkey Farm

Meet Adam, a 6-year-old farm boy from central Iowa. Adam and his family live on a large turkey farm and raise more than 100,000 turkeys every year. Learn how farmers take care of turkeys through Adam's eyes, as he takes you on a virtual tour of his turkey farm.

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A group of turkeys is called a flock. The Olthoffs raise three flocks at a time.<br />

Each flock has 20,000 turkeys.<br />

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<strong>Turkey</strong>s are really neat animals. Our turkeys are cute and fluffy when they first come to our farm. Mom, Dad, Grandpa and I work together to unload them. The poults or baby turkeys hatch in Minnesota and come to the Olthoffs’ farm when they are one day old. That’s me! 6

A group of turkeys is called a flock. The Olthoffs raise three flocks at a time. Each flock has 20,000 turkeys. 7

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