Tom turkey sitting on eggs

[DwayneNLiz]

My tom is sitting on a clutch of 7 now. It was 9 earlier today, the 2 hens ate the other 2.
I had only one live out of 4 hatched in the incubator. Integrated the poult into the nest of eggs on day 2 after hatch. At night of course. Amazingly the tom stood up enough for the poult to wiggle under him onto the nest of eggs.

thats awesome!! he sounds like a good tom

and welcome to BYC!!!

 

[ladymack57]

Yes, you read right, my Tom turkey, Dumbledore, has begun brooding!! And they are not even turkey eggs, he has adopted some eggs from my ducks. He has a nest!! Yes, a nest and he has been incubating them!! We have a turkey hen but she has no interest in him. Poor guy, try as he might shes not having it. She has her own nest in another part of the yard. Anyone else have this experience, I'm very curious to see if they actually hatch.

My Tom has been sitting on the turkey hens eggs for 2 weeks he gets up eats fast drink fast and back on the eggs. Is this normal?

 

[Turkeylife123]

Here is my Tom on his nest

 

[Turkeylife123]

My Tom is doing this too. So cute but he cracks them he’s so heavy!

 

[Lquitter]

Yes, you read right, my Tom turkey, Dumbledore, has begun brooding!! And they are not even turkey eggs, he has adopted some eggs from my ducks. He has a nest!! Yes, a nest and he has been incubating them!! We have a turkey hen but she has no interest in him. Poor guy, try as he might shes not having it. She has her own nest in another part of the yard. Anyone else have this experience, I'm very curious to see if they actually hatch.

My hen turkey was killed and now my Tom turkey has taken over the nest of chicken eggs

 

[Lori 3399]

I have

First off, that's probably the most cuteness thing ever. Secondly, they should hatch if he is consistently on them, keeping them warm. The only thing is... will he maintain the motherly instinct he so strangely developed after they hatch and be able to raise them...
I don't own turkeys, and I've never experienced anything like this in my flock. But I do have a roo who is oddly affectionate towards the free-ranged chicks and will show them food and do the motherly "chirp" to them to call them over to the food.

a tom sitting a nest the hens have no interest in doing it so he's gathering there eggs from where ever they lay in the pen and is dedicated to sitting them he even defended the nest from me today

 

[Zebraunicorn]

I have a tom on eggs right now too. I'm not sure if he will be warm enough to hatch them