# Turkey on the table

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-on-the-table/744817>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-on-the-table/744817 "2016-02-01T04:45:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-on-the-table/744817/1 "2016-02-01T04:45:15Z")

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Does anyone know which gender of turkey represents most of the ones sold to be cooked? I’d lean toward males, because I’d think the farmers would want to keep the females to produce more turkeys, but don’t need as many males as would hatch.