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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.
A domestic turkey lays about 50 eggs a year, when she is laying, she can lay an egg a day, but most often would lay an egg an average of every 2-3 days. Then she stops laying until next year! My husband and I have a turkey that we raised from a tiny 8 ounce chick to her beautiful 30 pound self (she's about 2 yrs old).