Why don't turkey's nest on their eggs?

[tinaturkey]

 

[sourland]

Many do and successfully brood and raise their own young.

 

[IceAngel]

Turkeys will nest on their eggs or the species would be extinct. I don't know what stimulates them to go "broody" because I have never been successful in hatching them other than in an incubator.

 

[holm25]

Turkey like to have 10-20 eggs in the nest before they start brooding.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yes they form a clutch first, though not all go broody each time.

 

[tinaturkey]

Thanx for all the replies, Tina's up to 17 minus one that was broken somehow & 5 that i've given away.

 

[memphis]

Cute turkeys!

 

[tinaturkey]

Thanx memphis