Difference between revisions of "Turkey"

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The turkey is a large bird that lays eggs. Male turkeys can be distinguished by a red head and neck, blue body, and a large fanned tail while females are largely brown with a downwards angled tail.

Taming

Turkeys can be tamed wild from temperate forests, temperate swamps, boreal forests, or cold bogs, randomly join your colony in an event, or bought pre-tamed from a trading ship.

Summary

Turkeys are pen animals. Once tamed, pen animals cannot and do not need to be trained any further. But if left outside of a pen or caravan hitching spot, pen animals will eventually roam outside your colony. Making a caravan is not required to tie animals to a caravan hitching spot.

A female turkey produces 1 turkey egg every 1.333 day when fertilized. Contrary to real life, RimWorld turkeys cannot lay unfertilized eggs.

Analysis

Turkeys are one of many egg-laying animals that are inferior to chickens. 2 hens eat less food and lay 233% more eggs than 1 turkey. While chicken eggs are half as large, chickens still lay more food per day. Hens do not need to be fertilized, which adds a further advantage.

Turkeys do have a niche; they are the best egg-laying animal that can be found in the wild.

Unlike chickens (and ducks), turkeys can be found in the wild. Farm animals must be bought or found via event.
Many animals, such as horses, are strictly better when slaughtered for meat. However, eggs are not modified by Butchery Efficiency or difficulty penalty. Turkey eggs won't offend ideoligions that forbid meat-eating.

Otherwise, you can hunt turkeys for early game meat, and they won't go manhunter on you.

Nutrition

An adult turkey consumes 0.45 nutrition per day, and produces 0.75 turkey eggs.

The optimal ratio of male : female turkeys is 1 male for every 1.78 female turkeys.

When eaten as eggs, turkeys produce 0.375 nutrition of eggs per day.
When slaughtered as babies, turkeys produce 0.478 nutrition of meat per day.

Attacks

Turkeys have three attacks: scratch (feet), bite (beak) and less commonly used, blunt (head). In addition to the base damage, the scratch and bite attacks apply a stun for 14 ticks (0.23 secs).

Training

This animal can be trained as follows:

Guard:
Attack:
Rescue:
Haul:

*As of version 1.1.2610, all animals can be tamed. The percentage of likelihood of success depends on factors such as the Animals Wildness Percentage, Pawn Handling Skill, and others. More information can be found on the animals page.

Health

Body part	Health
Head	15
Skull	15
Brain	6
Nose	6
Neck	15
Jaw	12
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	6
Ear (left, right)	6
Body	24
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	9
Lung^[2] (left, right)	9
Liver^[2]	12
Heart^[2]	9
Spine^[2]	15
Stomach^[2]	12
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	18
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	12

↑ Located inside of Head.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

Gallery

Male turkey facing east
Male turkey facing north
Male turkey facing south
Male turkey decaying

Female turkey facing east
Female turkey facing north
Female turkey facing south
Female turkey decaying

Version history

1.3.3066 -

Animals

Herbivorous: Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope

Dendrovorous: Alphabeaver • Thrumbo

Omnivorous: Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat

Carnivorous: Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg

Dryads: Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker

[Head-1] Located inside of Head.

[Body-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

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 Turkeys are one of many egg-laying animals that are inferior to [[chicken]]s. 2 hens eat less food and lay {{%|1+({{Q|Chicken|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{Q|Chicken|Egg Laying Interval}}) / ({{P|Eggs Per Clutch Average}}/{{P|Egg Laying Interval}}) round 2}} more eggs than 1 turkey. While chicken eggs are half as large, chickens still lay more food per day. Hens do not need to be fertilized, which adds a further advantage.
-Turkeys do have a niche; they are the best egg-laying ''pen animal'' that can be ''found in the wild''.
+Turkeys do have a niche; they are the best ''egg-laying'' animal that can be ''found in the wild''.
 * Unlike chickens (and [[duck]]s), turkeys can be found in the wild. Farm animals must be bought or found via [[event]].
-* [[Tortoise]]s are superior egg-laying animals, but they aren't pen animals. You'll need to constantly re-tame tortoises.
+* Many animals, such as [[horse]]s, are strictly better when slaughtered for meat. However, eggs are not modified by [[Butchery Efficiency]] or [[AI Storytellers#Butchering yield|difficulty penalty]]. Turkey eggs won't offend [[ideoligion]]s{{IdeologyIcon}} that forbid meat-eating.
 Otherwise, you can hunt turkeys for early game meat, and they won't go manhunter on you.