Broody Turkey Thread!!!

[chicken farmer]

This is a thread about broody turkeys,post any pictures,stories,questions or anything broody turkey and have fun!!

 

[chicken farmer]

Anyone?

 

[grinningranny]

I am looking for info on how likely my 4 Narragansett hens are to go broody this spring...anyone with experience on allowing their turkeys to raise their young?

 

[xmonster0]

im curious too, my bourbon reds are all broody but my narangansetts seem to have no interest

 

[chicken farmer]

That's awesome could you post some pictures of the broodies

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[grinningranny]

im curious too, my bourbon reds are all broody but my narangansetts seem to have no interest

Hi xmonster0...I see you are from Colorado, and have Narragansetts, too. It is still getting into sub-zero temps at times here, and the turkeys are only about 8 months old, which I imagine would factor in. Our tom is in almost permanent display mode, but the girls show no interest at all. In fact one of them delights in going behind "Jerry" and pecking his butt which causes immediate deflation.
It's still early in the year I'm sure they'll come around when it's time.

 

[CarlieO]

I have a broad-breasted white hen that's about 8 months old. We 'spared' her from Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner but gave our 2 toms the ax. She began laying eggs for us a couple months ago but then a few weeks ago she went broody on 3 EE eggs and a mystery-breed brown egg. So far she hasn't left the nest with the exception of a few minutes each day. Anyone who says broodiness has been bred out of commercial breeds is incorrect. We'll see how good of a mama she'll be when they hatch. She weighs about 50 pounds so hopefully she won't crush them, lol.

On a funnier note, we built her her own super-large nesting box but she insisted on using one built for the chickens. I swear she thinks she's a chicken! She's managed to cram herself in there and can back out to eat. It's quite comical!!

 

[grinningranny]

That sound hilarious CarlieO, I'd love to see a pic of that, 50 lbs Wow!

 

[CarlieO]

That sound hilarious CarlieO, I love to see a pic of that, 50 lbs Wow!

I'll take my phone down to the barn in the morning and get a pic for you!! She came off the nest to eat this evening so I couldn't get one.

 

[CarlieO]

That sound hilarious CarlieO, I'd love to see a pic of that, 50 lbs Wow!

I know they both are kind of hard to see since its so dark but the second picture of her head in there. See how she spills out of the box?