25 Interesting Facts About Turkeys!

If you are looking for facts about turkeys, look no further, here are some interesting turkey facts that will have you gobbling for more!

1. A turkey is the relation of the grouse.
2. In Latin, turkeys are known as Meleagris.
3. The turkey is classed as poultry.
4. The domesticated turkey is descended from the wild turkey.
5. It has been a domesticated bird for over 2,000 years.
6. A male turkey is a stag. The female is a hen, and their chicks are known as poult.
7. A turkey can weigh up to 20kg.
8. The flesh that dangles on top of the beak, is known as the snood.
9. The flesh that dangles underneath the beak of the turkey, is known as the wattle.
10. Farmers will incubate the eggs for 28 days, whereupon they are hatched, sorted and separated.
11. The call of a turkey is ‘gobbling’.
12. They are highly social birds, and the collective term for a group is a ‘rafter’.
13. The average lifespan of a turkey is ten years.
14. The Aztec people associated the turkey with the trickster God, Tezcatlipoca, due to its humors behavior.

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