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Alamy1 of 8
What do you call a baby turkey? There are some commonly thrown around baby animal names that are part of most folks' vocabularies.
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Ravenelle/flickr2 of 8
We all know that a baby kangaroo is a joey, a baby pig is a piglet, and a baby dog is a puppy. But what the heck do you call a baby turkey?
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Alamy3 of 8
PawNation has your answer: A baby turkey is called a poult, pronounced the same as the longer poultry.
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Out at Bob's/flickr4 of 8
Baby turkeys look remarkably similar to baby chicks, just with longer necks and the very beginnings of a growth on the tops of their little heads.
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Out at Bob's/flickr5 of 8
Turkey eggs are typically larger than chicken eggs and are speckled with brown spots. They typically weigh around 100 grams right before they hatch (usually in about 28 days), and the average turkey hen can lay between 110 and 115 eggs in a 30-week period.
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joooliiiuhhh/flickr6 of 8
Here's some more turkey terminology to sate your curiosity: A female turkey is called a hen, and a male turkey is called a tom or a gobbler.
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Bob n Renee/flick7 of 8
You can thank us later for giving you something new to discuss at Thanksgiving dinner besides crazy Uncle Charlie's new hair piece.
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polt
November 20 2012 at 4:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA SNACK
November 20 2012 at 11:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA poult. I am not sure of the spelling, but it is a turkey poult. They are cute, and when the baby toms are only about two months old, they already strut their stuff....
November 20 2012 at 11:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMan, I have been wracking my brain for weeks because I didn't know this unknown fact. Whew! Now I can go back to something much more interesting...like watching tomatoes rotting on their vines!
November 19 2012 at 3:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply