Why can't we buy turkey eggs?

 Subject: Turkey eggs.

Why not ultimately find fresh market eggs from turkeys

But why not?

Turkey eggs are entirely edible: Those who have turkeys in their yard or a relevant professional turkey farm report that their eggs taste very similar to chicken eggs.

They are slightly more significant, the shell a little more complicated (like duck and goose), and the membrane between the outside and the egg marginally thicker, but otherwise not significantly different.

According to the National Federation of Turkey Farms, more than 233 million turkeys will be produced in America in 2020. 

In fact, turkey is the fourth most popular meat in the country; after chicken, beef, and pork, apart from Christmas, we also find it in Ham (and relatively cold cuts).

After all, there are many more turkeys than we thought existed!

Then why are turkey eggs so rare?

The answer is proved by the fact that it is a comprehensive combination of factors that add to the turkey producers more or less deciding not to hinder the entry into the egg market.

For one reason, turkeys lay eggs much less often than other breeding birds. For example, a chicken or duck lays about one egg a day, but a turkey lays a maximum of about two per week.

Turkeys are also more expensive to raise in a factory environment, requiring more space and food than a chicken.

Left turkey egg and right chicken egg.

Worse still, turkeys slow down the egg production process. "Turkeys have a longer life cycle, so they have to reach about seven months before they can produce eggs." Chickens, for example, have to reach about five months - they may look like a miniature. 

Still, since turkeys are also more expensive for their home and food, these extra months can be costly for a farm to enter into a process to find it profitable to engage in the production and marketing of turkey eggs and to make the appropriate investment (Hospice, packaging, HACCP, ISO2200, etc.).

Due to production costs and shortages, turkey eggs are expensive, usually around €  4 / egg - around Europe.

Little turkey (Chick).

This means a fertilized egg is much more valuable than an egg for human consumption. Therefore, breeding more turkeys than selling their eggs makes much more sense.

So we will be happy with the classic Turkeys this year too! 

And if we find a kennel that is available, we can buy some eggs for a gourmet omelet.

In the following video, you can see a simple recipe with Turkey Eggs.

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