If you are looking for facts about turkeys, look no further, here are some interesting turkey facts that will have you gobbling for more!
- A turkey is the relation of the grouse.
- In Latin, turkeys are known as Meleagris.
- The turkey is classed as poultry.
- The domesticated turkey is descended from the wild turkey.
- It has been a domesticated bird for over 2,000 years.
- A male turkey is a stag. The female is a hen, and their chicks are known as poult.
- A turkey can weigh up to 20kg.
- The flesh that dangles on top of the beak, is known as the snood.
- The flesh that dangles underneath the beak of the turkey, is known as the wattle.
- Farmers will incubate the eggs for 28 days, whereupon they are hatched, sorted and separated.
- The call of a turkey is ‘gobbling’.
- They are highly social birds, and the collective term for a group is a ‘rafter’.
- The average lifespan of a turkey is ten years.
- The Aztec people associated the turkey with the trickster God, Tezcatlipoca, due to its humors behavior.
- The most distinct breed in Europe is the Spanish Black.
- William Strickland was the first to introduce the turkey to England – his coat of arms even had one on it.
- Thomas Tusser first introduced the turkey to the Christmas fare in 1573.
- The Broad Breasted White turkey is bred for its meat.
- The turkey is eaten at Thanksgiving in the US and Canada.
- It is now seen as a traditional part of Christmas dinner.
- Before turkey, the working class ate goose at Christmas until the Victorian era.
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