RE: turkeys and disease.
When we cut our hayfields we always come across turkey nest. Most of the time the mower breaks all the eggs but sometimes we are able to save some. I do incubate them and turn them loose. I have started putting zip ties on one leg. I turned 8 loose in November and I saw all of them the first week of March and the all had yellow zip ties. I also have a neighbor that does this same thing. I think I have turned loose 20 birds in the last 2 years. When I turn them out they hang around for about 1 week and then their wild instincts take over. I figure if I don't try to raise them then they don't have a chance.