Where Did All the Turkeys Go?

A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in Townsend, Del., on Nov. 14, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesAmericans will eat 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, but numbers are at a nearly 40-year low amid waning demand and waves of bird flu. A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in Townsend, Del., on Nov. 14, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesWhere Did All the Turkeys Go?Americans will eat 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, but numbers are at a nearly 40-year low amid waning demand and waves of bird flu. |November 20, 2025Updated:November 21, 2025Americans will eat nearly 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation estimates.That’s almost as many turkeys as there are people in Texas, the country’s second most populous state.AD