2007-09-06 02:45:54 · 6 answers · asked by Alicia K 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
you can harvest them like chicken eggs. they eat just like chicken eggs.
- we raised several hens and toms when i was in my tens...
2007-09-06 02:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by nataliexoxo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Public Market in Seattle, Washington sells turkey eggs, duck eggs, chicken eggs, etc. Generally the turkeys that are raised for meat (what you see for Thanksgiving), are not alive long enough to become mature enough to lay eggs so there isn't a large population of eggs out there for sale. I have used all kinds of eggs for baking, including duck, quail, chicken, goose, chukkar (partridge) and pheasant. If you bake with them, you don't taste the difference in the flavors.
2007-09-06 12:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Rli R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In commercial turkey farms, the eggs are kept and incubated to begin the next generation of poultry.
I understand that any infertile eggs are sold in local stores, so you may be able to find some if you want to try them.
2007-09-06 09:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are much larger than hens eggs, obviously, they spoil easier too. They can be eaten like regular hens eggs however, they have a very strong flavor and tend to be quite a bit rubbery. Most are incubated to start the next generation.
2007-09-06 09:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by Sandee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they hatch and become turkeys. Sometimes they are eaten just like a chicken egg, fried with grits or hashbrowns on the side.
2007-09-06 10:04:36 · answer #5 · answered by Safetyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that they were not too good to eat like that. Besides I don't think turkeys lay with such frequency as chickens do.
2007-09-06 09:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by rob lou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋