Turkey Eggs.

stefan idiot jones

We eat chickens eggs, ducks eggs, quails eggs even ostrich eggs, but what about turkey eggs?

They are mass farmed, there seems to be no shortage of them but what about their eggs?

Is there something sinister happening in Norfolk?

LizzieJones

I knew a lady in the States who had a turkey farm and she would sell the eggs to local folks and eat them herself. I've never seen them in the stores here. I guess that all the eggs are used to get more turkeys and the ones that don't hatch are tossed.

Reedsie

It's just down to cost as far as I know.


Edit: here you are:
Because they’re expensive. Chicken hens are egg-laying dynamos, dropping one almost every day, while a turkey produces only about two per week. Chickens begin laying eggs at about five months of age, but turkeys don’t have their first cycle until more than two months later. Commercial egg producers typically, although controversially, allocate less than 50 square inches of space to a hen. Turkeys are given more than 3 square feet, enough to accommodate eight chicken hens. Turkeys also require more food than chickens. These factors combine to make turkey eggs far more expensive than chicken eggs. A dozen chicken eggs currently cost approximately $1.61. (Cage-free eggs cost twice as much.) There’s no nationwide data on the cost of turkey eggs—the USDA doesn’t even have grading regulation for turkey eggs—but many producers sell them for $2 to $3 per egg.

American but you get the gist.

WilyCoyote

Have never seen a turkey egg 'though turkey meat is ubiquitous over here. Had about 30 wild ones roaming around the field both before and after the freeze up. I pay $3 per dozen for hen's eggs - direct from the farm.

LizzieJones

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Have never seen a turkey egg 'though turkey meat is ubiquitous over here. Had about 30 wild ones roaming around the field both before and after the freeze up. I pay $3 per dozen for hen's eggs - direct from the farm.

I used to go with a guy who kept chickens on his farm and he would bring me a couple dozen eggs every couple of weeks. Oh those were lovely eggs! Nice orangy-yellow yolks and full of flavour. If I want to buy the same quality eggs in the store it costs me $4.00 to $5.00 a dozen.

We have wild turkeys in my area too. Mostly seen in the winter months when there is less ground cover for them to hide in.

Sir Arthur Daley

The only eggs i eat are easter eggs due to my strict see food diet.