Turkey History
The European country's name that explorers thought they came from.
What is Turkey?
The name of the turkey breed we eat today.
What is the White Breasted Tom?
Foods eaten by wild turkeys.
What are fruits, insects, and seeds?
The reasons why farm-raised turkeys are kept indoors.
What are 'avoiding predators' and 'avoiding disease?'
The top turkey-producing state in 2017.
What is Minnesota?
The modern country where turkeys were first domesticated.
What is Mexico?
The speed that wild turkeys can fly.
What is 55 mph?
Groups of wild turkeys is called this.
What is a flock or rafter?
What farm-raised turkeys eat.
What are corn and soybean meal?
The part of the turkey that has been bred to be meatier/bigger.
What is the breast?
The type of bird that explorers thought turkeys resembled.
What are Peacocks?
The breed pictured in many Thanksgiving advertisements.
What is the Standard Bronze?
How far a wild turkey can fly in one go.
What is a quarter of a mile?
The color of feathers commercial turkeys have.
What is white?
The method used to breed farm-raised turkeys.
What is artificial insemination (AI)?
The century that explorers took turkeys back to Europe.
What is the 16th Century?
Young turkeys are called this term.
What are poults?
What is Alaska?
The number of weeks it takes a farm-raised turkey to reach market weight.
What are 11-17 weeks?
How long it takes for a fertilized turkey egg to hatch.
What is 28 days?
The period of time when the turkey became part of the Thanksgiving celebration.
What is the 1800s?
The term also used for a heritage turkey.
What is an Heirloom turkey?
The maximum population of wild turkeys in North America.
What is 7 million turkeys?
The average weight of a White Breasted Tom.
What is 20 pounds?
The two ingredients that are mixed with vitamins and minerals in the diet of farm-raised turkeys.
What is corn and soybean meal?