The Millers leave work in their horse-drawn carriage after a day of work at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Verna Miller prepares the horse and carriage for the commute home from work at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Tracy Greaney, center, pays her workforce for a day of work slaughtering turkeys and chickens for backyard farmers at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Verna Miller stands on her tip-toes to grab a paper towel after cleaning up after a day of work cleaning turkeys at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Tracy Greaney makes a path in the flock of turkeys for her husband, Scott, to drive the tractor Friday, Sept. 30, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer. The Greaneys raised just under 2,000 turkeys for the Thanksgiving season while processing another 1,000 birds from backyard farmers.

Samuel Miller emerges from the slaughterhouse Monday, Nov. 21, to gather more birds to be processed at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Josh Doane wipes his eyes from the exhaustion of the Thanksgiving slaughter season Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer. Doane has slaughtered more than 3,000 birds total this season.

Josh Doane removes a turkey from a U-Haul truck that was delivered to Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer by Marcoux Family Farms of Wiscasset. The family farm brought almost 50 birds to slaughter on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Adam Greaney places two turkeys into a hot water bath after being slaughtered Monday, Nov. 21, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer. Greaney’s Turkey Farm offers slaughtering of birds for the backyard farmer during the week leading up to Thanksgiving and one final day on Dec. 3 before closing for the season.

Adam Greaney looks up to the wall with the turkey slaughter orders as he works on the killing floor Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Said Amini of Westbrook prepares a halal turkey Monday, Nov. 21, as Josh Doane stuns the bird with an electric shock before slaughter at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer. Amini traveled from Westbrook to prepare the turkey for Thanksgiving. Greaney’s Turkey Farm, at $5 a bird, is the only slaughterhouse where Amini can prepare his own turkeys while having them cleaned and packed by Greaney’s Turkey Farm.

Adam Greaney removes the feet of dead turkeys before they are feathered and washed Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Slaughtered turkeys hang from their feet Monday, Nov. 21, before being processed in a hot water bath and defeathered. The birds are then cleaned, gutted and packed at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

A basket of turkey heads wait to be counted for payment of work by Verna Miller at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The Amish community has become a steady and reliable work force in the agriculture market in Mercer.

Ada Miller, left, and Tracy Greaney, center, work on the filing floor as Jeff Norton cleans the turkeys Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Verna Miller carries a dressed turkey to the ice bath Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Jeff Norton hauls a basket of guts from the cleaning floor after a day of turkey slaughter Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer.

Tracy Greaney hands a turkey to Andy Davis at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Greaney’s raised more than 2,000 of its own turkeys for slaughter and butchered another 1,000 birds for backyard farmers this season.

Said Amini of Westbrook, left,  prepares a halal turkey Monday, Nov. 21, as Scott Greaney holds the bird before slaughter at Greaney’s Turkey Farm in Mercer. Amini traveled from Westbrook to prepare the turkey for Thanksgiving. Greaney’s Turkey Farm, at $5 a bird, is the only slaughterhouse where Amini can prepare his own turkeys while having them cleaned and packed by farm staff.