Elements For A Healthier Life Magazine Issue 14 | October/November 2017 | Page 54

Trivia

A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

The average weight of a turkey purchased to prepare for a Thanksgiving meal is 15 pounds.

Baby turkeys are called poults.

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

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

Male turkeys gobble. Hens make a clicking noise.