Depending on where you live turkeys have an actual breeding season or seasons. If the weather is mild all bets are off but here where there's an actual winter breeding season starts NOW and the hens will start laying now or very soon depending on breed. Turkeys lay an average of 3- 4 eggs per week again depending on breed. The breeding season ends (here) in about June or July with a brief resurgence of egg laying in the fall if it gets nice and cool.
When I started breeding turkeys I checked around the area and there really isn't anyone else in my area who raises heritage turkeys so I started and found that there was a HUGE call for them so if you're seeing turkeys moving that fast it sounds like you have a pretty good demand there. Do you see any particular breed being offered and scooped up more than others? Check that out too. Personally, and this is just my own personal opinion y'undertan', I'm not a Royal Palm fan. They are pretty and people buy them for that reason and I even have a few customers who've requested them for showing but they were bred to be ornamental so they really don't have that meaty look that I like in a bird and I really, really wanted to help conserve the heritage breeds AND the fact that the breeds I sell come out top on the taste tests seems to be a big draw for this area where I get the "gotta have organic, free-range bird for Turkey day" crowd. I was worried that if I started selling Palms and the customers weren't happy with the amount of breast meat they got after living off Butterballs all these years that they wouldn't be return customers and that's what I want more than anything is a small select clientele that I can count on year after year. So for me and my customers we have Midgets for a small bird for small families, Bourbons for the medium bird and soon we hope to have Bronzes for LARGE birds (these were customer requested). All heritage, all endangered to some degree or another and all perfect for showing, breeding or eating. And again, this is just what's working for us you could get Palms and be a millionaire in five years while I've ignored my customers requests and am just barely breaking even. LOL!
