why d'ont we eat turkey eggs?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Turkey Eggs are similar to chicken eggs, but are larger and have white to cream colored shells with brown speckles. They are approximately 1½ times larger than a jumbo chicken egg and are very high in cholesterol and fat, but the flavor is very similar. Turkey eggs are rarely available to the consumer because most of the eggs are used for hatching more turkeys, but they are sometimes available in specialty markets.

Answer 3

The "me" part of the "we" doesn't eat ANY eggs.
But for those who do eat eggs, turkey eggs can be consumed.
I have a friend who carves empty eggshells (Yeah... it sounds really weird, but they are incredible works of art!)
She keeps a variety of chickens, a goose, turkey etc, and eats the insides of all the eggs (scrambled, of course)
Pretty much any type of egg is edible--- but chickens are the most economically practical to be factory farmed.

Answer 4

See the question; can you eat turkey eggs.

Answer 5

Hmm good point, never thought of that

Answer 6

Good question... maybe because they don't sound quite as appealing.

Answer 7

You could eat it if you want.

Answer 8

turkeys lay eggs?