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Turkey Farming

🦃 Male to female ratio-1:5 🦃 Average egg weight- 65gms 🦃 Average weight of day old chick- 50gms 🦃 Age at sexual maturity- 30wks. 🦃 Average egg production per year- 80-100eggs 🦃 Incubation period- 28 days. 🦃 Average body weight at 20wks: female-4.5kg to 5kg Male:7-8kgs 🦃 Egg production period-24 weeks 🦃 Marketable age: Male 14weeks, Female 17wks 🦃 Marketable weight: Male 7.5kg, female 5.5kgs 🦃 Consumption upto marketable age:

Male 24-26kgs, female 17-19kgs. A fully grown turkey is sold at between Kshs 3500 to Ksh 4000.

Turkey meat is sold at ksh 500 per kg for thigh while breast meat can cost ksh 1000 per kg.