Turkey Trivia

Peter is raising turkeys this year for 4-H, hoping to sell one at the county fair Labor Day weekend.

 Here are Butch (light one- he's a bully; bourbon variety) and Willie Wonka (he's a chocolate turkey. really. that's the name of the variety)

 And this one's Groucho, as he has dark "eyebrows". He's a standard bronze.

Did you know....?

-Turkey babies are called poults

- young, male turkeys are called Jakes and females are called Jennys

-full grown turkeys are toms and hens

-Turkey poults are dumb enough to not catch on to drinking, unless you put something shiny in their water. Then they're so curious they'll keep trying to peck at it...and get enough water in the process!

- I believe, though haven't thoroughly researched this, that only Toms will gobble.

-These cute little things will reach 18-30 lbs in just 20 weeks!

-We don't really know what sexes these birds are, and might not know for a long time! So we may be having some name changes later on. :)