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All about Turkeys

By Mrs. Coon’s 1st Grade Class

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Table of Contents

(Tells what page the chapters are on.)

Turkey eggs and babies.......3

Where they live……..4

Different kinds…….5

Turkey feather.......6

Wattles.......7

Turkey sounds……..8

Flying………..9

Danger………..10

What They Do………….11

Glossary …………………12

Index …………………….13

Bibliography…………….14

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What are their babies like?

How long does it take for a turkey

egg to hatch?

Eggs

Speckled Turkey and

Brown Chicken Eggs.

Baby Turkeys are

poults. Their eggs

are bigger than a

chicken’s egg.

Turkey eggs

hatch after 28

days.

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Where do they live?

Do they live in Colorado?

Turkey Farmer Tree

Mountain Farm

Map of Colorado

Yes! They live in

the wild and they

live in farms. They

live in the

mountains.

In Colorado,

turkeys live on

the plains and in

the mountains.

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Are there different kinds of

turkeys?

What wild turkeys live in Colorado?

Farm Turkeys

Merriam Turkey

Yes there are

different kinds of

turkeys. There are

wild and farm

turkeys.

In Colorado,

there are Rio

Grande and

Merriam turkeys.

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What covers the body of the

turkey?

What color are their feathers?

Feathers

Gold and Brown

turkey feathers

Turkey feather

are brown,

tan, black or

gold.

Feathers cover

the turkey’s

bodies. They

have a beard.

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What is the wattle for? Do all

turkeys have a wattle?

The wattle is for the people to

know that the turkey is mad.

All boy turkeys have a wattle.

Boy turkeys have a wattle so

the girls can look at them.

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Do they say gobble? How do they

talk or make noise?

Hen and Tom turkey

Tom Turkeys gobble. Girl

turkeys cluck. They make

28 sounds.

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Do turkeys fly?

Wild Turkey

Yes, wild turkeys can fly.

They sleep in branches up in a

tree. Farm turkeys cannot fly.

Farm turkeys are too fat.

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What do they do if they are in

danger?

sounds

Turkeys fly in the tree when they

are in danger. They make loud

sounds.

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Do they wobble when they walk?

How fast can they run?

What do they eat and drink?

Turkeys wobble

when they walk.

They run 25 mph.

Turkeys eat spiders,

grass, grasshoppers

and insects. They

eat plants. They

drink water.

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Glossary (tells us what words mean)

Beard is the special feathers on a

turkey’s chin.

Hatch is when the baby turkey

comes out of an egg.

Merriam is a type of turkey in

Colorado.

Insects mean a bug with 6 legs.

Poult is what a baby turkey is called.

Wobble means back and forth.

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Index (helps you find words in the book)

Farm – 4-5, 9

Feathers – 6

Gobble – 8

Poults - 3

Wattle – 7

Wild – 4-5, 9

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Bibliography (gives credit to where we got our information)

Cooper, Jason. Turkeys. Vero Beach, FL: Rourke Book Co., 1995. Print.

Endres, Hollie J. Turkeys. Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether Media, 2008. Print.

Ingis, Joanne F. Diary of a pet turkey : based on a true story. Maplewood, NJ:

Blue Apple Books, 2011. Print.

Murray, Julie. Turkeys. Edina, MN: Abdo Pub., 2003. Print.

Patent, Dorothy H. Wild Turkeys. Minneapolis, Minn.: Lerner Publications, 1999.

Print.

Schuh, Mari C. Turkeys on the farm. Mankato, Minn.: Pebble Books, 2002. Print.

Weakland, Kevin. "Turkeys." Skyview Library, Thornton. 3 Dec. 2012. Speech.

“Wild Turkeys.” PebbleGo. www.pebblego.com. December 16, 2012.