During a healthy year, at the Pease Creek Colony can raise and ship out more than a quarter million turkeys.
Pease Creek Colony’s turkey barns sit empty after avian flu wiped out their flock in November 2022. It was the second time last year the virus devastated their flocks. The colony lost more than 120,000 turkeys between the two epidemics.
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12,000 turkey poults mill around their barn at Pease Creek Colony. These are the first replacement poults the colony has after having to cull their flock because of avian flu.
Because avian flu can easily be tracked into a barn on shoes, an important biosecurity measure is to either change shoes, as Cornell Hofer does here, or don shoe coverings before entering the barn.
Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.
Melisa Goss
Tri-State Neighbor Correspondent
