Hey Melody. No problem... the whole reason I got into turkeys was because a stray cat brought me a 3-day-old Eastern Wild turkey in it's mouth, miraculously unharmed!! I didn't even know what type of bird it was lol, except I guessed it was a "game bird" and not a flight bird. Someone could have told me it was a quail though and I would have believed it!
Anyhow, BYC was an invaluable resource for me throughout the whole process and still is! From hatching, to raising, feeding, injuries and sickness, laying, and hatching again!! haha. It's nice to get difference opinions, advice, information and it seems there's ALWAYS more to learn about these interesting birds!
If all of the eggs looked the same (having a big black area with a defined air sac and not real sloshy/watery) than it sounds like they all had developing poults inside. As for the poult that took a long time - that can happen and it's usually recommended that you don't help it, remove any of the shell, or interfere. In my last clutch, an egg pipped in the morning - just a tiny little hole but I could see an eye blinking at me in there! The mother was towards the end of her patience with hatching cause it had been a long hatch and she was off the nest all day. I put a heating lamp closer to the nest to keep it warm and made some turkey noises at it to encourage it to keep trying (it did peck at the hole a couple of times when I called to it.. other poult/chick noises, hen noises, or even talking can encourage them to come out), but other than that I left it alone. That night, the hen hopped back on the nest and the next morning, there was still just a tiny hole! It wasn't until the next night, when she got back on her nest again (after being off all day again) that it finally hatched! That's not normal, per se, but the point is that I left it alone and nature worked itself out. I have always been given the advice that the poult/chick knows when it's ready. I understand you've had a couple of not-so-ideal things happen with these eggs.. but yeah I would still just be patient and I think there's still a chance.
If it were me, personally, well, I would actually give it a full week from the time that the other ones hatched before giving up on them, JUST in case. It's such a hard decision - but I don't think I could ever risk cracking the egg open and have the poult NOT ready to hatch and be in pain. With mild cases of poults/chicks hatching prematurely (sometimes they hatch prematurely naturally, without any human interference), I've heard of bloody stomachs and development problems, weakness, rear end problems and weepy bottoms. With very premature ones, I've heard of it being bloody and looking like their guts were coming out of their stomachs and then they died. I just couldn't put myself through that to watch them suffer like that. At least if they don't make it out of the egg, they don't suffer and die painlessly. Like I said - it's tough to decide what's best. The only thing I wish I could answer - and I can't... is whether or not to turn the eggs at this point. If I had to guess - I would say that when those four hatched, the other 6 were probably in the correct position within the egg and should NOT have been turned. However - they were turned. But now that it's been another (one day or two days??) since they were turned.. if they're still alive, they may have already gotten BACK into the correct position within the egg. I think at this point, it would be best just to leave them alone, make sure there's NO MORE interference, changes in position or temperature, etc and just wait. If possible, I would recommend that you keep the other newborn poults within ear-shot of the eggs. Their chirping/crying can help encourage those eggs to hatch if they're still good. It sort of ignites their hatching instinct and lets them know that something will be out there waiting for them when they break free of the shell. If you can SAFELY do that - like if you have the brooder and the incubator next to each other or in the same room. Wild turkeys are very hardy and both domestic and wild poults have amazed me with their ability to persevere and heal, etc. I look forward to getting updates and you are in for an entire learning adventure! lol. The wild turkey I had was very healthy the whole time and I raised him up into a big beautiful jake. During his first mating season (and after I bought him domestic turkey friends, of course), he took off to wander and multiply lol. But... it was one of the single most rewarding, interesting, and deeply touching experiences of my life. I will certainly never forget him.
