why do you not see turkey eggs for sale?

Answer 1

Barnyard economics, 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.

Answer 2

Hens have been bred over thousands of years to produce and average of an egg a day. The Rhode Island Red is the most prolific and produces more than an egg a day.

Turkeys do not produce anywhere near the same numbers per turkey and the number of turkeys in the world is not sufficient to create any kind of "egg" market.

Turkeys are bigger animals and they need more feed. This would make their eggs more expensive.

Answer 3

You think people eat turkey eggs? DUH!
Dumb you are! I've seen people eating those orange bird and chicken eggs!

Answer 4

I wish I could rate answers (only on level 1) cause digger g's was informative and the best answer.

There is something (about turkeys) you don't hear every day!

Answer 5

Because turkeys don't come out until Christmas.

Answer 6

because chickens lay more eggs i guess.....never thought of it before.

Answer 7

That is a good question . What is the answer?

Answer 8

supply and demand

Answer 9

because they are very high on cholesterol