Brush Turkey Eggs at Rachel Joyce blog

Brush Turkey Eggs. The male usually builds a single large mound of organic matter, approximately 4 m in diameter and 1 m high. This primitive nesting behaviour of dumping eggs in a nest mound and leaving them to hatch, aligns with the fact that brush turkeys are the most ancient member of the megapods bird family that dates back 30 million years and includes chickens, quails, peacocks, and pheasants. Sometimes, up to 50 eggs laid by several females may be found in a single mound. The male drives her off and she goes and finds another male to mate with and lays another egg in his mound, and so on. Considered a nuisance, because they can damage gardens. When a female brush turkey arrives on the scene, she mates with the male, digs a hole in the mound and lays her egg. The eggs are placed in a circle. During the great depression when jobs and food were scarce the brush turkey became a reliable source of meat and eggs.

Considered a nuisance, because they can damage gardens. Sometimes, up to 50 eggs laid by several females may be found in a single mound. The male drives her off and she goes and finds another male to mate with and lays another egg in his mound, and so on. During the great depression when jobs and food were scarce the brush turkey became a reliable source of meat and eggs. The eggs are placed in a circle. The male usually builds a single large mound of organic matter, approximately 4 m in diameter and 1 m high. When a female brush turkey arrives on the scene, she mates with the male, digs a hole in the mound and lays her egg. This primitive nesting behaviour of dumping eggs in a nest mound and leaving them to hatch, aligns with the fact that brush turkeys are the most ancient member of the megapods bird family that dates back 30 million years and includes chickens, quails, peacocks, and pheasants.

Australian lace monitor stealing eggs from a brush turkey mound Stock

Brush Turkey Eggs Considered a nuisance, because they can damage gardens. Considered a nuisance, because they can damage gardens. Sometimes, up to 50 eggs laid by several females may be found in a single mound. When a female brush turkey arrives on the scene, she mates with the male, digs a hole in the mound and lays her egg. The male usually builds a single large mound of organic matter, approximately 4 m in diameter and 1 m high. The male drives her off and she goes and finds another male to mate with and lays another egg in his mound, and so on. This primitive nesting behaviour of dumping eggs in a nest mound and leaving them to hatch, aligns with the fact that brush turkeys are the most ancient member of the megapods bird family that dates back 30 million years and includes chickens, quails, peacocks, and pheasants. The eggs are placed in a circle. During the great depression when jobs and food were scarce the brush turkey became a reliable source of meat and eggs.