I cannot conceive of a justification of this inane, juvenile, inhumane, and overall STOOPID behavior.
Take the guy who thought this up, and drop HIM from a plane at 500 feet, with the same kind of parachute the turkeys have: NONE.
I see truckloads of turkeys in open cages stacked up behind 18 wheelers being driven to Tyson almost weekly. Year round, doesn’t matter if it’s 95° or way below freezing. Can’t be pleasant. But I don’t know how much self awareness is left in today’s commercial breeds, compared to a wild bird. They’re more like big meaty goldfish I’d imagine.