Worried about broody turkey!!

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

my turkey hen went Broody in the field about a week ago and she hasn’t been eating and smells horrible maybe the eggs were rotting and she refuses to eat!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Broody poultry don't refuse to eat. They just don't eat on your schedule. They'll come off the nest every day or two to eat, drink, defecate and stretch. You just don't see it.
Their #1 job is to incubate eggs and they do so in the best way they know how.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

If you want her to brood, move her to a clean nest and give her clean eggs, and well as food and water close by.

 

[R2elk]

If you want her to brood, move her to a clean nest and give her clean eggs, and well as food and water close by.

Turkeys most often do not respond well to a person choosing their nest for them. It is not a good idea to place food near the nest as it can attract rodents and other unwanted guests.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Turkeys most often do not respond well to a person choosing their nest for them. It is not a good idea to place food near the nest as it can attract rodents and other unwanted guests.

I don't personally have turkeys, but have been around them a lot.
I think if you had her in a cage or something,(if she cooperated) that feed and water close by wouldn't be a problem. I do it with by broody hens all the time.

 

[R2elk]

I don't personally have turkeys, but have been around them a lot.
I think if you had her in a cage or something,(if she cooperated) that feed and water close by wouldn't be a problem. I do it with by broody hens all the time.

Turkeys are not chickens and do not respond the same as chickens.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Turkeys are not chickens and do not respond the same as chickens.

I know.
A friend has turkeys, and I've interacted with them a lot over the past years, and when she had broodys, they were so dead set on brooding, if you moved them at night, I don't think thy would have minded at all.
Anyway we are way off topic.
My point was I don't think leaving Her in a field is a good idea. Moving is worth a try!

 

[Chicken-lovebirdchihuahua]

Thanks everyone I tried moving her on eggs in a clean nest and she walked back to her old place in the field and refuses to do anything but go there I don’t mind more turkeys but if none hatch that’s fine too I just want what’s best I will try moving her at night that’s a great idea!

 

[R2elk]

Thanks everyone I tried moving her on eggs in a clean nest and she walked back to her old place in the field and refuses to do anything but go there I don’t mind more turkeys but if none hatch that’s fine too I just want what’s best I will try moving her at night that’s a great idea!

What works best in those situations is to destroy the nest. Put a log or whatever is handy in the nest so that she cannot get back to that spot.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Thanks everyone I tried moving her on eggs in a clean nest and she walked back to her old place in the field and refuses to do anything but go there I don’t mind more turkeys but if none hatch that’s fine too I just want what’s best I will try moving her at night that’s a great idea!

The only way it would work would be if ou did it at night.