Turkey Facts

Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clicking noise.

Nineteen million turkeys are eaten each Easter.

Twenty-two million turkeys are eaten each Christmas.

Forty-five million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving.

United States turkey growers raised 270 million turkeys in 2003.

It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.

Turkey eggs are tan with brown specks and are larger than chicken eggs.

Most of the turkeys raised for commercial production are White Hollands.

Baby turkeys are called poults and are tan and brown.

Turkey feathers were used by Native Americans to stabilize arrows.

Turkeys lived almost ten million years ago.

Turkeys can see movement almost a hundred yards away.

Six hundred seventy-five million pounds of turkey are eaten each Thanksgiving in the United States.

Turkeys’ heads change colors when they become excited.

Tom turkeys have beards. This is black, hairlike feathers on their breast. Hens sometimes have beards, too.