How big do you make your nest boxes, Hen?Turkeys can be some frustrating birds at times. I keep mine confined most of the time to a large run or else they can drive me bananas with their crazy shenanigans. Mine are currently not let out at all. I will be happy when egg laying season is done. Those hens are driving me crazy. They are noisy complainers who want out to lay in the tall grass.I actually prefer the toms to the hens. The toms are less noisy.
I don't use nestboxes. My turkeys make their own nests on the ground in the tall grass or on the floor of the shed. They continue to switch sites when eggs are collected. I also use a plastic dog house that they use in early spring but generally never use after spring preferring ground nests in the run or field of allowed.
Have you ever traded chicken eggs for theirs? I tried it with guineas but they somehow knew.
No I never had. I have used ceramic chicken eggs to get them to use certain spots to lay. I only let my turkeys hatch once.
I swear turkey hen could tell the difference.
Turkeys are goofs. These are very determined birds too. My hens will walk the fence peeping for hours because they want out in the tall grass to lay. Eventually the egg will just come out finally right where they are walking. Than they go back to the rest of their day.
