Your weekly guide to the events and happenings in and around Boyertown, PA

What to do? Where to go? Here is your one stop list of community events, music, arts, food, business specials, and historic events for Boyertown and beyond…

As a Boyertown graduate, a real estate agent at Glocker Realty, and also a proud member of Building a Better Boyertown, I have had the joy of watching our little town grow. I enjoy having any part in helping our community to move forward. I hope this weekly blog will help shine a light on all the great things happening in and around Boyertown, PA

Here is what’s going down during the week of 11/18/2021 – 11/24/2021

LET’S TALK TURKEY

Next Thursday there will be one thing on the minds of most Americans…golden delicious turkey! Families will gather in the kitchen to watch the annual carving of the bird, slightly drooling over the feast that is about to take place. Can’t you smell it now?

Thanksgiving is a time for gathering with friends and family and reflecting on all the things that you are thankful for in your life, but the turkey, the turkey takes center stage. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there’s stuffing and cranberry and sweet potatoes…blah, blah, blah. Can you imagine Thanksgiving with no turkey on the table though? It would be a travesty!

Oh, the turkey, you wondrous creature, we adore you so, but know so little about you. It is time we learn more about the centerpiece of our Thanksgiving festivities. You might be surprised by what you find out. You may even serve up some turkey trivia at your Thanksgiving dinner this year. Here are some interesting turkey facts…

Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey to the bald eagle

While Benjamin Franklin did not advocate for the turkey as our National Bird, he did prefer them to bald eagles. In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin called the bald eagle, “a bird of bad moral character” because they steal from other birds. He called the turkey a “much more respectable bird”, “a bird of courage”, and “a true original native of America.”

Only male turkeys gobble

Turkeys make a variety of different sounds such as “purrs,” “yelps,” and “kee-kees,” but the “gobble” is only done by males during mating season. As a result, male turkeys are called “gobblers” while females are called “hens.”

Wild turkeys can fly

Wild turkeys are perfectly capable of taking flight. They can reach speeds of up to 55 miles per hour while in the air, and they can soar for a mile or more by alternating between strong wingbeats and gliding. Domesticated turkeys cannot fly, because they’re bred to be heavier in weight, almost twice as much as a wild turkey.

They can change colors

Well, their heads do at least! You can tell a turkey’s emotions by the color of their heads. Colors can change from red to blue to white, depending on how excited or calm they are. The more intense the colors are, the more intense their emotions.

Wild turkeys sleep in trees

Turkeys spend most of their time on the ground but when it’s time to sleep, they fly up into trees. This is because turkeys can’t see well at night, so to protect themselves from predators, they roost at dusk and fly down at dawn.

Turkey snoods are for mating

Snoods, the fleshy appendage that extends over a turkey’s beak is for finding a suitable mate. According to the Journal of Avian Biology, females prefer males with longer snoods, and snood length can also be used to predict the winner of a competition between two males.

An adult turkey has around 5,000 to 6,000 feathers

Not only do turkeys have gorgeous feathers, but they also have a lot of them. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an adult turkey has anywhere from 5,000 to 6,000 individual feathers on their body.

Their poop identifies their gender

Are they girls or boys? One certain way to find out is by checking their droppings. A male’s poop will be shaped like the letter J, while the female’s is more spiral-shaped.

We eat nearly 50 million turkeys each Thanksgiving

Around 88 percent of Americans choose the traditional bird for their Thanksgiving meal, which means that around 46 million turkeys are eaten in the U.S. on that one day each year. It’s also a popular pick for other holidays as well, with 22 million and 19 million eaten each year on Christmas and Easter.

Presidential pardons for turkeys started in 1989 It’s widely believed that the first presidential pardon for turkeys started when Abraham Lincoln’s son pleaded that the bird intended for Christmas dinner had a right to live just like any other creature, but it wasn’t until 1989 during George H.W. Bush’s administration that the official pardoning ceremony started.

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LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK at your community each week on “The Cast at Glocker”! Matt Green & Jeff Frederick interview local entrepreneurs and those involved in helping the Boyertown area communities. You can catch us every Wednesday at 6pm as we livestream at the Glocker Realty & Insurance Facebook and YouTube pages. Join us live, comment, post questions, and be part of the conversation!

This week Bruce and Laura with Helping Hands, Inc. joined us to discuss all the good things they are doing at the organization based in Bechtelsville, PA.

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“Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast.” – William Shakespeare

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What’s Going Down in Boyertown? (talkin’ turkey)

Your weekly guide to the events and happenings in and around Boyertown, PA

Here is what’s going down during the week of 11/18/2021 – 11/24/2021

LET’S TALK TURKEY

EVENTS LIST

THURSDAY 11/18/2021

FRIDAY 11/19/2021

SATURDAY 11/20/2021

SUNDAY 11/21/2021

MONDAY 11/22/2021

TUESDAY 11/23/2021

WEDNESDAY 11/24/2021

“Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast.” – William Shakespeare

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