Turkey Hen Has Laid Eggs But Won’t Sit On Them. 😞

KaylaH0521

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Jan 21, 2024
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My Turkey Hen is approximately 8 months old. She has laid her first batch of eggs but refuses to sit on them. I have even removed them and put them under a broody hen. And she refuses to sit on them too. I don’t know what else to do. Other than getting an incubator. I had a hen that was very successful in hatching chicks. And have placed them under her. But she gets up and leaves them for long periods of time. As she currently has chicks. I would prefer for the turkey hen to raise them. Then for me to purchase an incubator. What can I do?
 
Eggs don't make a bird broody, hormones do. She may go broody when there's more daylight or she may not.
Do you have a tom?
Just wait until spring.
 

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