2007-02-02 17:43:53 · 9 answers · asked by Yo Mum Mum 5 in Pets ➔ Birds
Yes, weve heard all those funny answers and we have laughed but now we need a real one, thanks
2007-02-02 17:48:46 · update #1
'Tis said that a "hokie" is a castrated turkey, the mascot of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. But that is fiction, made up by mean-spirited rivals of VPI. Hokie is a meaningless, made-up word for the school cheer.
Actually, I don't think there is a word for a castrated turkey; the closest thing is a castrated rooster, which is called a capon.
But if your teacher comes from an academic rival of VPI, you'd better go with "hokie".
2007-02-02 18:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by MonsieurP 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A castrated horse is a geld. A castrated turkey is a turkeld or a turkelding. For those with homework it's actually a Tim.
Now, as for hokie, a poster on another site deserves the credit for explaining it's not a castrated turkey and setting the record straight.
Courtesy of TailgateFever:
The HokieBird is an ass-kicking chicken. Actually he's a turkey, but that's not the point. The University would have you believe that "Hokie" is a word made up in 1896 by O. M. Stull in a winning entry in the school's contest for a new cheer. A closer look at the historical record reveals the startling truth that this is a poorly concocted lie created to hide a much larger conspiracy from the student body. University records reveal that in 1896, senior cadet O. M. Stull reported what would be the first of numerous sightings of a giant cartoonish bird in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Stull's commanding officer in the Corps of Cadets dismissed the report as "hokey" (a fashionable term at the turn of the century), and the giant bird soon became known as the HokieBird. Like his friends Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster, the HokieBird is simultaneously feared and adored by most humans. The sightings all report him to be a bird of great strength, great looks, and great intelligence. He has written extensively on chaos theory, nanotechnology, and the worthlessness of the Designated Hitter rule. He leaps tall buildings in a single bound, benches 405 pounds (77 reps against Akron), and has dated Jennifer Lopez, Sienna Miller, and Jessica Simpson. He has won three Nobel Peace Prizes, two Congressional Medals of Honor, and a partridge in a pear tree. He is part mascot, part super hero, and he will kick your ass.
2007-02-03 00:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would seem that the turkey industry doesn't bother to castrate turkeys. Unlike a rooster (which is called a capon if castrated) a tom turkey develops into a perfectly acceptable market bird without alteration.
2007-02-02 18:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by rethinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hokie Turkey
2016-12-28 05:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by byro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A male turkey that has not been castrated is called a Tom; if he has been castrated he is a Tim.
I'm not sure if this info is correct, I found it on the Randolph-Macon College website.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-02 21:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by crafty_girl123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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For homework I need to know what a castrated turkey is called, please?
2015-08-13 10:25:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A turkey with no nuts!😂
2016-11-02 13:39:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soprano at the Christmas Table
2007-02-02 22:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by cbmaclean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hokie bird...
2007-02-03 00:10:22 · answer #9 · answered by the smooth talker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
miserable
2007-02-02 17:47:19 · answer #10 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋