We’re Talking Turkey

We’re Talking Turkey!

We’re talking turkeys today! We love these amazing birds! Wild turkeys are often under appreciated if you ask us! Come learn some fun facts about turkeys!

• Turkeys live in North America. They are found throughout the U.S.
• Turkeys can fly! They have around 5-6 thousand feathers!
• Male turkeys are more colorful than females. Males have the beards and the big fanned out tail.
• Male turkeys are called gobblers and females are called hens.
• Turkeys can run up to 25 mph!
• Turkeys can fly up to 55 mph! Who knew?
• Baby turkeys are called poults!
• Turkeys live in open areas and woodland habitats.
• Turkeys are omnivores. They eat nuts, seeds and insects.
• By the early 1900s there were only 30,000 turkeys in North America, but with conservation efforts there around 7 million wild turkeys today!
• You can hear a turkey’s call up to a mile and half away! Wow!

We bet you had no idea how cool wild turkeys real are! We hope you’ll have a better appreciation for these majestic birds! We know we sure do! Let’s go Turkeys!!