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How much do you know about turkeys?
What is a male turkey called?
What is female turkey called ?
Where will you find the turkey's wattle?
Where will you find the turkey's caruncles?
Where is the turkey's snood?
About how long does it take a domestic turkey to grow from birth into a turkey that is plump enough for market?
Check your answers at the bottom of this page.
Check your answers?
1. A male turkey is called a gobbler.
2. A female turkey is called a hen.
3. The wattle is the flabby skin growth that hangs from the turkey's throat.
4. The caruncle is the growth of skin that dangle from the turkey's chin.
5. The snood is the growth of skin that droops over the gobbler's bill.
6. About 10 weeks.
Turkey Trivia
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
--W. T. Purkiser
More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.
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