Scott Greaney, center right, tills the manure in the barn to make the turkeys more comfortable as his son Ben, 15, right, helps at the family farm in Mercer on Nov. 2, 2014.
Baby turkey chicks arrive in a box at the post office in Norridgewock on Aug. 7, 2014. Greaney’s Turkey farm ordered about 1,500 turkeys to either be raised for slaughter or sold to area farmers.
Scott Greaney hugs one of his loyal employees, Lynn Puustene, 50, of Norrdigewock, as another turkey slaughter comes to an end at Greaney’s Turkey Farm on Nov. 21, 2014.
Tracey Greaney attempts to keep the turkeys in the back of the U-Haul truck on the ride from the barn to the slaughter house on Nov. 21, 2014.
Ben Greaney, 15, stands at the door of Greaney’s Turkey Farm slaughter house with packaged turkeys for a customer on Nov. 25, 2014.
Emily Greaney tends to the turkey chicks at the family farm in Mercer on Aug. 7, 2014.
Emily Greaney hands a turkey chick to her mother Tracey as her brother Ben, 15, helps out at the family farm in Mercer on Aug.7, 2014.
Scott Greaney, owner of Greaney’s Turkey Farm, carries a turkey to slaughter at the family farm in Mercer on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014.
Emily Greaney, 17, left, and her mother Tracey, right, spread wood chips through the barn as they prepare to extend the turkey coop at the family farm in Mercer on Sept. 1, 2014.
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