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Are turkeys likely to go broody and hatch their own chicks?? Do they have to be kept in pairs or does the sex ratio not matter??
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Are turkeys likely to go broody and hatch their own chicks?? Do they have to be kept in pairs or does the sex ratio not matter??
How many eggs will a hen usually lay before setting? My hen is laying about an egg every other day and I've been taking them in the house so they don't freeze. I'm turning them like I do my chicken eggs that I'm going to incubate but this is my first year with turkeys. I wanted to put them all back in her nest when there is enough for her to sit on them I just don't know how many that is lol
Each hen has her own requirements for a clutch. That number can decrease dramatically the later it gets in the laying season. Most of my hens will go broody on 8-10 eggs. I had one hen whose clutch was more than 22 eggs before she went broody. I have had hens go broody on a single egg when it is late in the season.
I normally incubate the early eggs and let the hens have the later eggs to go broody on. Doing it that way I don't have to be concerned about eggs getting frozen.
Good luck.
does that mean that turkey eggs stay fertile longer than chicken eggs? Bc they say up to 10 days for chickens and if a turkey lays every other day that would be almost a month! LolI had a hen go broody on 4 eggs. I had another I knew had a nest somewhere and when I found her there was seventeen eggs in the nest. I don't know what number makes a hen want to set its just up to them.