[Avodah] Is Turkey Kosher?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:32:46PM -0500, I wrote:
: FWIW, I just texted someone who worked in Be'eirot Yitzchaq (a member
: of Qibbutz haDati located between Petach Tiqva and the airport) and
: he replied that turkey droppings do qualify as particularly less more
: odorous than chickens'.

RAF noted in private email that that sentence makes no sense.

Turkey droppings, when wet, develop a very strong odor. Fix leaks in
the turkey coop roof, or else it's hard to put up with the smell. They
therefore fit the description of tarnigolos adumos, that there would be
a bigger problem davening near their tzo'ah than that of a regular
tarnigol.

Which would add to the likelihood of conflating turkeys with the
tarnigol adumah which has a mesorah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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