Most certainly. Hens are smaller on average but most chefs prefer the hen bird to the Tom for flavor when quantity of meat per bird is not a priority.
In home cooking it all comes down to a matter of personal preference and often expense. The smaller birds are usually hens. Hens are usually less than 16 pounds when processed while Toms are much larger at the same age. Male birds have larger bones and therefore less meat or edible portions. As for tenderness, age not gender is the determining factor.
Meat
A turkey is used for food. Turkeys are eaten the most at Thanksgiving. Turkeys can be used as a replacement for any other type of meat.
The breast meat on chickens and Turkeys is white because the flying muscle isn't used much. Any bird that flies regularly will have all dark meat.
no Actually, YES. Wild turkeys (the birds) are omnivorous and will, in fact, eat meat.
No, there is not all turkeys have dark and white meat :)
From turkeys i beleive.....
yes
Wild turkeys do not eat baby rabbits. Wild turkeys do not eat any kind of meat because they are vegetarians.
They can, but it's not a good idea.
Starvation is the biggest danger to young turkeys besides being eaten by predators. Although, starvation is uncommon, it can happen to the young when the mother stops taking care of it.
The Aztecs ate cows, sheep, goats, dogs, turkeys (also were used for eggs), ducks, deer, rabbits, hares, armadillos, wild bores, opossums (possums), gophers, iguanas, tapirs, and fish.
6 pounds oh yesss !