Broody turkey

[Cooersmom]

I have a turkey sitting on chicken eggs that are potentially fertile as we have a rooster. I'm excited as we could have chicks soon. However, once the chicks hatch, do I need to separate them from the other chickens or will they integrate them as they were naturally hatched?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I'd be more concerned she will break the eggs or step on chicks when they hatch. I've had chickens hatch turkey eggs, but not turkeys hatch chicken eggs.

I would separate with a fence when they hatch, and let them stay together for a few weeks. A turkey hen will move off farther than a chicken hen, and may leave them behind. They have different mothering skills.