And I was like, ‘OK, we definitely need to do this work with wild turkey eggs.’” Examining wild turkey eggs in this way is entirely new in wild turkey management, and the results could be ...

It got us wondering, why don’t we eat turkey eggs? In the wild, a turkey hen will build itself a ground nest somewhere sheltered in the forest. She then begins a two-week laying window ...

and these sounds are believed to help synchronize the hatching of eggs. Through various calls, hens are able to alert poults to the presence of predators. Wild turkey populations have increased from ...

Egg and turkey prices are down ... In the US, the deadly flu has been spreading as wild birds migrate south this fall. If they land and mingle with backyard flocks, or their droppings are dragged ...

But only about 60 percent of the eggs survive the bird’s natural predators. In the wild, the turkey’s natural enemies are the fox, the coyote and the racoon, Sloan said. After the eggs hatch ...

but settlers also took turkey eggs from nests and poisoned adult turkeys to keep them from damaging crops. Thanks to this unregulated killing and habitat loss, by 1900 wild turkeys had disappeared ...

is photographed with a wild turkey. (Contributed) If the eggs have hatched or are broken, they are sent to Luther College in Decorah where researchers are working with a geneticist looking at the ...

For many outdoors enthusiasts though, the chance to help more wild turkey eggs hatch and more hatchling poults make it into the population is, by far, the more valuable reward. Mississippi’s ...