· The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
· The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
· A 15 pound turkey has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.
· Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.
· Turkeys will have 3,500 feathers at maturity.
· Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clucking noise.
· Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.
· A large group of turkeys is called a flock.
· Turkeys have poor night vision.
· It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.
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