Turkeys can see movement almost a hundred yards away. Turkeys lived almost ten million years ago. Turkey feathers were used by Native Americans to stabilize arrows. Baby turkeys are called poults. Most of the turkeys raised for commercial production are White Hollands.
Turkey eggs are the size of two chicken eggs.
It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey. Forty-five million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving. Six hundred seventy-five million pounds of turkey are consumed in the United States each Thanksgiving. Twenty-two million turkeys are eaten each Christmas. Nineteen million turkeys are eaten each Easter.