turkey hen acting strange

[dwlacy]

I'm in oklahoma & no supplemental lite....

 

[R2elk]

I'm in oklahoma & no supplemental lite....

Oklahoma means it would not be a surprise if she starts laying by the first of March.

 

[dwlacy]

k....yeah, it's starting to get daylight earlier.....

going to be interesting to see how the poults turn out....I have a slate tom & bronze hens....

 

[dwlacy]

first turkey egg....a least I think it is, surely it's not a guinea egg....

 

[R2elk]

first turkey egg....a least I think it is, surely it's not a guinea egg....

That is a turkey egg!

 

[dwlacy]

oh, happy day....the hen layed it up on the platform where I feed the guineas & turkeys....real easy to find & safe from anything stepping on it or eating it....

 

[Caseyluvschickens1]

Is she in with the tom?
This sounds like the position they assume so that the male can climb on to the back for mating. The hen puts down her wings and tail for balance because a tom will climb on then treadle on their back for a little bit first.
It's not quick like a rooster and a hen, turkeys take longer so the hen may stay in this position for a while, almost as in in a trance, or like she's sleepy. I've seen my hens stay in this position for a while after too.

If you have no tom with her, she could still be going through the motions much like a hen will squat and spread her wings out a little near to you if there is no roo around.

Mine is doing this also after we pet her. When OP said trance it immediately rang true to me because that is exactly what it appears. She follows my husband foot to foot. She just started doing this about a week ago that and wanting us to let her. Is there any indepth articles etc about Turkey behavior?