Heritage/Standard or Broad-Breasted Bronze???

Some of their laying times depends on the variety of turkey you have. Your location. Temperature.

I have different varieties of turkey.
I'm in Mo. They have just started about a week and a half ago. my youngest hens started first. I have a couple 2 year old hens thathaven't laid yet.
So far by variety it was slates first, then chocolates, palms, bourbon reds, and then spanish blacks.

Do you free range them if so maybe they have a hidden nest.

Just give them some time and before long you'll have all the eggs you need for eatin or batorin.

inioluwa said:

Pls I need help I have 10 hens and 1 tom they are now 8months old but they haven't start laying and I do feed them with layers mash

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Be careful too if you are breeding your turkeys because if the tom is over a year old or so hen may get crushed depending on the breed because the toms will get too fat

inioluwa said:

Pls I need help I have 10 hens and 1 tom they are now 8months old but they haven't start laying and I do feed them with layers mash

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I would suggest going to the main turkey forum page and browsing there (like I'm sure you did to find my thread) and if none of those address your situation/needs/concerns, create your own thread. People who could potentially help you, won't be as apt to see your plea here on my thread (that's kinda dead), as they would on your own thread. Good luck! I'll look for your thread and help if I can!

Well, I said that and then somebody helped on here. Guess I typed slower than they did. lol.

gKane14 said:

Be careful too if you are breeding your turkeys because if the tom is over a year old or so hen may get crushed depending on the breed because the toms will get too fat

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While that may apply to BB turkeys it does not normally apply to heritage turkeys. I have had no problem with up to 6 year old heritage toms breeding their hens successfully.

With BB toms it really doesn't matter how old they are since even a young tom will have a hard time mating because of his size and shape.

The book that I was reading was talking about raising them for the most meat possible so it may have been talking more about the bb breeds instead of heritage breeds too so that would explain why they would want you to use younger toms

gKane14 said:

The book that I was reading was talking about raising them for the most meat possible so it may have been talking more about the bb breeds instead of heritage breeds too so that would explain why they would want you to use younger toms

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Actually most BB turkeys are raised by artificial insemination so it really doesn't matter about the tom's size other than the younger they are the smaller they are and should potentially be easier to handle during the semen collection. Another factor in using a younger tom for BB breeding is the potential leg issues that may increase with age.

R2elk said:

Actually most BB turkeys are raised by artificial insemination so it really doesn't matter about the tom's size other than the younger they are the smaller they are and should potentially be easier to handle during the semen collection.  Another factor in using a younger tom for BB breeding is the potential leg issues that may increase with age.

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Ooh ok thanks for the info. I'm still fairly new to turkeys but I just thought that I would share some of the stuff that I have learned so far. I only raise heritage breeds right now but am going to get some bbs this year some time.