2006-07-23 07:00:28 · 13 answers · asked by benellis1980 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Bernard Mathews has them all....
2006-07-23 07:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by angelcake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barnyard economics, babe. Turkeys don't lay that many eggs, and the ones they do lay are used to produce more turkeys. The average egg-laying chicken lays 300 or so eggs per year, while the average turkey produces only 100 to 120. Chickens come into production at 19 to 20 weeks of age, but turkeys don't get cranking until 32 weeks. Turkeys are also much larger, averaging 16 to 17 pounds compared to 3.5 pounds for chickens. So you'd need a lot more room for a bird that would take a lot longer to produce a lot fewer eggs.
Another problem is that turkeys go "broody" easily--they want to sit on their eggs and incubate them. In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them. They lay and lay and have no desire to incubate their offspring or otherwise be maternal.
2006-07-23 07:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because turkey's are bread just to eat, they need all the eggs to hatch so they can provide for the high demand at Easter and Christmas. It takes a while to get a turkey to the size needed to feed the many people we all have visiting at Christmas.
2006-07-25 03:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by holiday2408 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probably tried turkey eggs before and thought that the public wouldn't like them.
2006-07-23 07:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because turkey eggs are really gross (even grosser than duck eggs) and no sane person would buy one.
2006-07-23 07:04:24 · answer #5 · answered by Baldur's Queen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must be yoking i was in turkey last week and bought a dozen eggs there no problem
2006-07-23 07:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont no but make sure any eggs you buy are FREE RANGE!!! cos dont let your money go to the evil people who keep them locked up in cages.
2006-07-23 07:09:00 · answer #7 · answered by sasha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weird.
2006-07-23 07:03:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go and see old 'fruit and veg Reg' on king street market in Bridlington!
2006-07-23 07:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by The vveK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there isn't much demand for them
2006-07-23 07:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋