Do turkeys lay like chickens?

[chickenwhisperer]

As in do they lay year-round, and can they be counted on for eggs?

Or are they a seasonal layer?

I really want a turkey, dont think I can have a loud tom(tho there are wilds here . . .) and I need to justify to myself spending the $50 bucks to get 2 hen turkeys.

I can imagine the owner would prolly tell me whatever I want to hear, they been on CL for weeks.

Ive never eaten a turkey egg, but Im definately game

PS- as much as I want a turkey, I dont want just another mouth to feed . . .

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

Big mouth to feed, mine eat a lot, and they are seasonal layers! But I

them, they are like watch dogs and they follow me everywhere. IMHO they are way louder than chickens, the tom is always stomping and fretting over the girls but he is super friendly to the dogs, kids etc.

 

[pdpatch]

Turkeys are seasonal layers usually in the late winter and spring only. As long as they don't have a full nest of eggs they will lay up to about 60 to 70 eggs a years.
I have never eaten turkey eggs, but we sale about a dozen every two weeks to one customer.
Tom

 

[aclee]

I saw those too, although the two pictures posted seem completely different, so I'm wondering if indeed they are two "toms"...one looks kind hen like...but I'm so new to all this, I don't know anything. I thought about buying them and just having them processed. $10 to process makes a $35 turkey, which is way cheaper than we pay for our farm grown turkey's usually...But I have no idea how big they are at a year, or anything.

I am starting with a couple poults in a few weeks here, and will hope to process them around Thanksgiving, so hopefully if I get two boys they won't get loud before then...We don't have any wild in my neighborhood to hide their sounds, and I think with one of our neighbors, we might be pushing it even with the chickens...

 

[ziggywiggy]

If you just want eggs, I'd stick with chickens. They taste much better. Turkey eggs can take a little getting used to. The whites are more of a rubbery texture than chickens, the yokes aren't as orange, and the shells are very hard.