Why don't we eat them. Nutrients are legit. Anyone ever try them?
A turkey egg contains the following nutrients:
Water: 72.5 g
Energy: 171 kcal
Protein: 13.7 g
Total lipid (fat): 11.9 g
Ash: 0.79 g
Carbohydrate, by difference: 1.15 g
Calcium: 99 mg
Iron: 4.1 mg
Magnesium: 13 mg
Phosphorus: 170 mg

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Posted by PaBon

UPT 17th W/D

Member since Sep 2014

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 12:22 pm to Potchafa

Never seen them. We get duck eggs at the local farmers market. They are fantastic.

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Posted by Viceroy_Fizzlebottom

Member since May 2019

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 1:46 pm to Potchafa

From what I was once told they are simply too expensive to produce and market in viable amounts.

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Posted by rented mule

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Posted on 4/25/24 at 3:00 pm to Potchafa

Turkeys only lay a few times in a year so harvesting the eggs in a volume worth doing is not possible.

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Posted by Oldfart102

Member since Apr 2017

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Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:21 pm to PaBon

What farmers market do you get them? I am always in the lookout for duck egg sources. We are in BR but will travel to get them.

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Posted by deeprig9

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:03 pm to Potchafa

Growing up, I had a neighbor who tried raising turkeys. They said the eggs were too hard to crack, not like a chicken egg you can just crack on the side of a pan. I don't know this to be fact, just what I heard when I was a kid.

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Posted by Twenty 49

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Member since Jun 2014

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 5:18 pm to Potchafa

Modern Farmer: Why Don’t We Eat Turkey Eggs?

This article says the larger turkeys are more expensive to feed and house than a chicken, they don’t start laying until later in life than chickens, and they lay a lot less eggs (though some commenters claim they have turkeys laying every day or two).

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