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Key's Annual Poultry Auction.
Over 400 turkey, geese & duck for sale at Keys 67th annual poultry auction in Aylsham, Norfolk, UK. The birds, reared by local famers in the county throughout the year mature just in time for Christmas and are bid on by the public who compete with each other for the best bird. After slaughter the birds are hung by their claws so they connective tissue breaks down and the meat becomes more palatable.