When do turkey hens lay eggs?

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i have two stanrd bronez hens and they just started laying it dec is that normal they are 8.5 mo old

I'm not sure where you live but I live in Florida and my bourdon red hen laid 11 eggs in December but I am new at this also as these are my first turkeys so I look forward to seeing what answers you get!

Arielle said:

I wonder if first season turkey hens lay in the fall just like the chicken pullets often do. I have several pullets just start laying, though not all of them,

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In the South, in my experience, whenever a brown egg layer or an easter-egger reaches 4 1/2 to 6 months, depending on the breed, will start laying regardless what time of the year it is, if fed properly. They just lay fewer eggs, but Turkeys are more seasonal. My easter eggers lay the same almost year round, but my turkeys stop laying completely from August till December or later! Maybe it is different up north?

allmypeeps said:

I have spring narragansett turkeys about 8 months old now and its only 20 degrees here in Maine and I found an egg yesterday in their coop, Im pretty excited as I never had turkey as pets before (and was thinking I had all toms) so the egg was a surprise. Also my spring bantams are all laying even tho its winter and cold.. got 13 eggs yesterday and 12 the day before

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Yep, chickens lay year round, even in very cold weather, just not as many eggs as they do in the summer! Some of my first year turkey hens are laying, but I would expect many more eggs in the late winter around February here in the South! Congratulations!!! If you can post some pictures, you may have more than one hen?? How many do you have? Compare the legs, head, snood, back of head, lower neck and overall size !!

My mob is exactly 4 months old. THe boys are noticably larger than the girls already. and the displaying has ben going onfor weeks. THough one person mentioned the girls might display, so now I'm not dure yet. WE banded the ones displaying so we can see if this is true or false.

None of my turkey hens are laying at this time. THe 4 month olds are too young; and the 18 month olds are waiting until spring like they did last year. I seem to remember it was early APril last year.

I have a bronze Tom and a bourbon red hen. Will they be able to mate and produce futrel eggs? I have seen them mating but she hasn't laced any eggs yet. They are both about 8-9 months old.

We just got 3 turkeys Sunday. All blue slate (2 with some Narrangasett). One of the hens has already started laying. Yesterday was the first egg and now there are 2. SInce we are very new at the turkey thing it will be interesting for us. I never realized that they lay eggs until they are satisfied with the number and THEN go broody. I will keep coming back here for advice. It seems that what I have learned with the chickens does not really apply for the turkeys.

Alex Farmer said:

I have a bronze Tom and a bourbon red hen. Will they be able to mate and produce futrel eggs? I have seen them mating but she hasn't laced any eggs yet. They are both about 8-9 months old.

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If your tom is a standard bronze or a yearling BBB there is no problem and she should produce fertile eggs. My turkeys have been mating for a good two to three weeks and are probably still a week away from starting to lay eggs. My experience with turkey hens is that they prefer to hide their nests and those nests can be difficult to find at times. Good luck.

Kate+chicks said:

We just got 3 turkeys Sunday. All blue slate (2 with some Narrangasett). One of the hens has already started laying. Yesterday was the first egg and now there are 2. SInce we are very new at the turkey thing it will be interesting for us. I never realized that they lay eggs until they are satisfied with the number and THEN go broody. I will keep coming back here for advice. It seems that what I have learned with the chickens does not really apply for the turkeys.

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My hens will sit on a nest on a cold night to keep the eggs from freezing. They will get off the nest once the temperature warms up and continue laying eggs until they have enough to satisfy them and then they will go broody and start setting.