Our free email newsletter sends you the biggest headlines from news, sport and showbiz Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailUK farmers are putting their Christmas turkeys on a diet, slimming them down as Covid-restrictions mean less people can gather for Christmas dinner. Some have already placed their birds on drastic diets - replacing corn feed with wheat, which contains less protein. (Image: BPM)Around nine million turkeys are eaten on Christmas day. (Image: Getty Images)Edward Calcott of Wiggington Fields Farm, which has 2,000 turkeys, is monitoring the decline in oversized specimens. However J Leese, based in Hollington, Staffordshire, - a business that prepares 3,500 turkeys every week in the run-up to Christmas - is still experiencing a demand for big birds.

Source: Daily Mirror October 11, 2020 08:36 UTC