“Professor Broyde surely makes some interesting academic observations on the matter. But for halachic conclusions, we rely on Rabbonim. “
Professor Broyde is also Rabbi Broyde — a very distinguished member of the Rabbonim and a Dayan on the Beit Din of America.
“I like turkey. (That’s the only part of this discussion I’m interested in.) “
That itself is a shilah! We had no mesorah for turkey since it is a bird native to North America.