What to do with lone turkey poult.

[1littlefarmer]

So I had a chicken hatch two turkey eggs on the 4th of July and she is doing a beautiful job raising them. Yesterday I had ONE turkey egg hatch in my incubator and I was wondering if you all think I might be able to put this poult in with the hen and week old poults and she may raise this one, too?

I don't want to try to raise it myself if I can help it as I've had a disastrous spring trying to brood poults separately (13 of 15 died). My other options are another broody chicken that is sitting on more turkey eggs. This is her second attempt in a row at a hatch as none hatched the first time. I'm sure she'd be happy to stop sitting and start raising but I would lose the 6 eggs she's sitting on. I also have two turkey hens sitting on 10 eggs, too but they still have 18 days until hatch.

These are Bourbon Reds if that makes any difference at all.

Advice?

Thanks!

 

[Whittni]

I would try to put the young poult with the week old mom hen. If the mom rejects or poult rejects try the next broody in line, with 6 eggs until it accepts a mom.

 

[1littlefarmer]

Thanks! That's my first choice, too but I've never introduced anything to a hen with that much time between.