North Carolina, Minnesota, Arkansas, Virginia and Missouri are the leading producers of turkey in 2000. A 16 week old turkey is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is called a young roaster and a yearling is a year old. Any turkey 15 months or older is called mature. Turkeys don't really have ears like ours, but they have very good hearing.
Turkeys can see in color.
A large group of turkeys is called a flock. Turkeys do not see well at night. 2.74 billion pounds of turkey were processed in the United States in 1994. Turkeys are related to pheasants. Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.