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Turkey

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Turkey
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Urist likes turkeys for their wattle.
Portrait
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Biome

Attributes

· Egglaying

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 10

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 85 cm3
Mid: 2,500 cm3
Max: 5,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 10-14
Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 7-10
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 9
Fat 9
Intestines 1

Raw materials

Bones 6
Skull 1
Skin Raw hide

Wikipedia article

v53.16 · v0.47.05
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Note that some content may still need to be updated.
A small forest bird known for the distinctive flaps of skin hanging from its face. It is prized for its meat.

Turkeys are a species of domesticated creature who can be brought on embark or found in the wild, inhabiting temperate wetlands. Males are called turkey gobblers, females are called turkey hens and hatchlings are called poults.

Compared to other domestic poultry, turkeys are the largest in size, being a better food source than the likes of chickens. Turkeys take two years to reach their full weight, while the slightly smaller blue peafowl and geese take only one year. They lay the most eggs in average out of all domestic birds (12, compared to the average 10 eggs of the duck and 9 of the guineafowl), making them the best domestic birds for egg production. Having both genders of turkey around allows one to breed them fairly quickly, though framerate can be negatively impacted by plentifully-peeping poults. As with other tame animals, if many turkeys are confined in a small area, they can become overcrowded and start fights. Since poults need no food, and have no practical utility until mature, they are generally best caged, where they cannot eat FPS by doing line-of-sight checks until they are ready for egg laying or slaughter. Putting a couple in a cage in the dining hall gives dwarves who like turkeys happy thoughts, as well.

Turkeys are also the most cost-efficient source of food on embark. At a modest cost of only 6 embark points (when compared to 2 for a single piece of meat), you can easily start with several and (if disregarding their superior egg laying) slaughter them immediately afterwards, not only for a decent supply of food but also usable bones and leather.

Wild turkeys can be captured with cage traps. Training them will render them completely tame.

Some dwarves like turkeys for their wattle, their snood and their gobble.


Admired for its gobble.
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Certain human civilizations, when asked about their origin, mention a mythical place called a Turkey.

Even then, turkeys do not seem to actually come from there, although scholars have a hard time agreeing on where did they originate, as each of the civilized races cites a different place as the name of such animal in their native language.

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