Jo Lloyd-Davies (l) and Fiona McIlwain get to work hand plucking in the out shed. Turkey farmer Andrew Gabriel of Fenton Farm in Holcombe Rogus, Devon, asks local people from the community for a week in December to help pluck his turkeys in time for Christmas. Everyone gathers in a shed and plucks from nine to five pm. They are paid with a hearty lunch of sausages and port. This rural tradition was passed on from Gabriel's parents. Some of the pluckers have been doing it for over 50 years.