Turkey stopped laying

[Girl4Chickens]

My bbw turkey stopped laying! She is only one year old but pretty big. We didn’t do research about her so we didn’t know she was a meat bird. Wilma started out laying early spring but stopped. She is fed game bird pellets and scratch feed. Any ideas?

 

[sourland]

How many eggs did she lay? She may very well have laid her 'quota' for the season.

 

[Girl4Chickens]

How many eggs did she lay? She may very well have laid her 'quota' for the season.

Maybe 7-8 I know it’s probably not the best but she is the only turkey her sister died as a chick but she lives with only chickens could that mess her up.

 

[R2elk]

My bbw turkey stopped laying! She is only one year old but pretty big. We didn’t do research about her so we didn’t know she was a meat bird. Wilma started out laying early spring but stopped. She is fed game bird pellets and scratch feed. Any ideas?

You may want to put her on a lower protein diet. I would not give her scratch. It is low protein but is high in fats.

It is possible that she has a hidden nest. Early spring to now should have produced a lot more eggs than that even if she was only laying every other day.

 

[Girl4Chickens]

You may want to put her on a lower protein diet. I would not give her scratch. It is low protein but is high in fats.

It is possible that she has a hidden nest. Early spring to now should have produced a lot more eggs than that even if she was only laying every other day.

She is free ranged so she might be hiding some. Will do thanks!!

 

[cmobley]

I wish mine would stop laying I have a hatching addiction.