50% male, 50% female.
Both The above is true of domesticated turkeys, however, if you hunt wild turkeys, you can only shoot the males. The females are left alone because they are the egg layers and produce and care for the young turkeys.
Yes. Turkeys eat insects.
Female turkeys are smaller than male domestic turkeys. Wild turkeys have the same size difference but the difference is not as great. See the links below.
no, only male turkeys hens gobble
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Male turkeys gobble.
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aside from their sexual organs, toms (male turkeys) also have a "beard", a tuft of coarse hair that protrudes from their upper chest.
Like chickens, female turkeys are simply called hens. Male turkeys, on the other hand, are called toms. Baby turkeys are known as poults.
We eat male and female turkeys, although they are reared separately because they mature at a different rate, A female or hen is killed at around 12 to 14 weeks and a male or a stag would be killed 18 to 20 weeks males are much larger than the females, up to 20 kg and more.
The female turkey is called a hen, a male turkey is called a tom or gobbler and a young male turkey is a jake.