Poultry Fun Facts

• It is believed that modern birds are descendants of T-rex.
• The average turkey has 3,500 feathers.
• Only tom turkeys "gobble" Hens "cluck".
• Chickens are omnivores. That means they eat both meat and non-meat foods, like plants.
• Since 1947, every year at Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation brings the U.S. president a live turkey to be pardoned.
• Minnesota has sent the pardoned turkey 11 times.
• Humans eat many different kinds of eggs besides chicken eggs. They eat quail, duck, and goose eggs too.