“The enormity of their stupidity is just overwhelming”
Another one pecked at something under a ledge and managed to break its neck by trying to stand up.
If they get out of my fenced area they will ram into the same section for the whole day trying to join the flock even though there is a clear opening 3 feet away.
Never had turkeys but apparently if you leave any kind of hanging object they will find a way to hang themselves.
Just a handful of examples.
They are stupendously stupid.
We had one poor hen who decided she preferred soft foods, and would never scrape her beak on rocks or other things. She wouldn't peck, rather she'd gently rip off chunks of bread and such. We had to eventually trim the end of her beak with a trimmer, because it was getting large enough to interfere with her ability to drink
Guinea fowl still take the prize, though, and they're skittish and loud to boot.
That appears to just be urban folklore:
Source: Have around a dozen varieties of chicken.