Turkey eggs are starting to stink

[penny1780]

My turkey hen has been setting faithfully on her eggs for about 30 days. The eggs are starting to stink but she refuses to get off of them. Are they rotten?? I don't want to take them from her, but I've never had turkey eggs before and I am not sure if they should smell like this. Do they start to stink, right before they hatch?? She has about 6 eggs left.

 

[sparkles2307]

prolly gone bad. we had a hen turkey, Scuttle, that was so mean we had to take a stick with us anytime we were near her....she grew a beard after about 6 years...didnt surprise us

 

[MandyH]

Turkey eggs only take 28 days to hatch, so if she's still sitting of them and there's no poults, they are rotten. Do you have a gobbler so that the eggs are even fertile? You are going to have to go get them out from under her.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Be extra careful getting the eggs out from under her, if one pops on you the smell doesn't wash off for a couple days.

I always figured us poultry people could make a killing at Halloween if we market rotten eggs right.

Steve in NC

 

[monarc23]

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[Struttn1]

If you are smelling them under her then she has probably already had some pop. I just had to remove a very sassy hen from the pen nesting box and all this morning.

I would advise you to get her off the eggs ASAP. The longer you wait the nastier the cleanup will be.