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Title: turkey eggs- how often does your turkey lay eggs?
Post by: Oliveview on March 18, 2011, 18:33
Our turkey, who is aprox 20 months old lays an egg usually every other day.... This week she has excelled herself, we have had 5 eggs this week.  She is a character  one moment she is happy, the next moment demented, she almost knocked me over the other day, boy was she in a bad mood :lol:, i almost fell in a hole that had been dug!

Pamela
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Post by: Kate and her Ducks on March 18, 2011, 18:47
Turkey eggs are so pretty!
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Post by: Oliveview on March 18, 2011, 20:14
She lays her egg under an old tree root that was dug up ages ago, just to make it hard for us to get to the egg :lol:  Does anyone else have a turkey laying eggs a d if so, where do they lay their egg?
Pamela
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Post by: jinty1911 on March 19, 2011, 13:46
I have never seen a Turkey egg.  Piccy please?  :D
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Post by: AL Hathaway on March 19, 2011, 14:45
me too i have not seen one funny enough and my grandpa use to keep the tom's and hens for eating
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Post by: Oliveview on March 19, 2011, 15:44
They are a cream colour with light brown speckles and quite a pointy end.  I  can't put a photo here, our internet is only dial up and too slow  i am using my mobile phone for internet and have no idea if i can add a photo?  Sorry :unsure: :unsure:
Pamela
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Post by: Aunt Sally on March 19, 2011, 17:12
Don't worry Pamela. I have found a nice picture on the internet which compares a turkey egg to a chicken's egg.

(http://penandfork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Turkey-Chicken-Eggs.jpg)
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Post by: joyfull on March 19, 2011, 18:10
how pretty  :)
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Post by: GrannieAnnie on March 19, 2011, 19:28
My turkey's have never laid an egg, its a bit cold in the freezer!   :blink: :blink:
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Post by: AL Hathaway on March 19, 2011, 19:39
love the photo i did look it up after i read the post. Now how do they taste? my luck i will have to go and find a person with a Turkey and see about an egg from him/her =) guess i will find out.
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Post by: sarah f on March 20, 2011, 12:10
turkey eggs are really pretty never seen one before either  :D
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Post by: evie2 on March 20, 2011, 12:21
Wow, how pretty, I'd never seen one before :D
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Post by: Junie on March 20, 2011, 12:26
They really are pretty - I will add to the I have never seen one before group!
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Post by: Oliveview on March 20, 2011, 12:37
They taste like hens eggs, no different.  They are hard to crack open  though, the membrane is quite tough, i have to cut them with a sharp knife
Pamela
Ps  she laid another egg yesterday, that is 6 eggs in 8 days
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Post by: massa on March 20, 2011, 15:52
my turkeys havent laid any eggs yet but i dont think it will be long as the weather has warmed up abit over the last two days they have been at it like rabbits and one of the hens has made a nest in the corner of the shed! not in the nest box though! so fingers crossed it wont be long.