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Cecil replies: Barnyard economics, babe. Turkeys don't lay that many eggs, and the ones they do lay are used to produce more turkeys. The average egg-laying chicken lays 300 or so eggs per year, while the average turkey produces only 100 to 120. Chickens come into production at 19 to 20 weeks of age, but turkeys don't get cranking until 32 weeks. Turkeys are also much larger, averaging 16 to 17 pounds compared to 3.5 pounds for chickens.
When the weather is warm and a hen bred for egg production is healthy and in her prime, she'll lay one egg on average every 26 hours. If she were able to keep up this pace all year long, she'd produce about 337 eggs -- but most hens don't lay as many eggs in the winter as they do during the rest of the year. This brings the average down to around 265 eggs per year for a normal production hen, or a little more than two eggs every three days.