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Fun Facts About Thanksgiving Turkeys

    The Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner, so let’s have some fun with facts about turkeys

  • Native American Indians raised turkeys for food as far back as 1000 A.D.
  • The turkey industry sells over $1 billion each year.
  • The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed 86 pounds.
  • Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.
  • Only the male turkeys gobble. Hens make a clucking noise.
  • Turkeys do have heart attacks. When the U.S. Air Force was doing test runs and breaking the sound barrier, turkeys near the area had heart attacks and dropped dead.
  • About 75-80 pounds of feed is needed to raise a 30 pound turkey.
  • Turkey is lower in cholesterol than beef. The white meat has the lowest levels of fat and cholesterol.
  • The first Presidential pardon was ceremoniously given to a turkey in 1947.
  • Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.
  • Benjamin Franklin argued that the turkey should be our national bird. He stated that a turkey was more respectable than an eagle.
  • Turkeys originally existed in the eastern U.S. and Mexico.
  • The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
  • A 16-week-old turkey is called a fryer. A 5-7 month old turkey is called a young roaster.
  • Turkeys have poor night vision.
  • A 15 pound turkey normally has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meet.
  • Americans consume over 675 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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