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Pearlescent
In the Brooder
- Apr 17, 2024
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Ok, good. That’s the only thing my research told meNo need to cage a turkey hen to break the broodiness.
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Ok, good. That’s the only thing my research told meNo need to cage a turkey hen to break the broodiness.
She isn't fully broody or she wouldn't still be laying.I don’t really think that’s possible for me to do, cause that’s the only place she will lay. And she lays almost everyday so I wouldn’t want to make her feel like she couldn’t lay her eggs. I don’t wanna risk her getting egg bound.
If she is still laying eggs then she is not fully broodyI don’t directly have any, but I’m sure I could get some from someone locally. I want to make her stop being broody, but I don’t think it’d be good to put her in a cage for to long. She gets very angry and won’t settle if she doesn’t feel like she’s in a good place. I would rather let her hatch eggs than risk ruining my close bond with her due to cold water plunges or being kept in a cage.
Both strike at same moment againShe isn't fully broody or she wouldn't still be laying.
She isn't going to get egg bound by removing that box. She will find somewhere else to lay.
That's what they do with chickens, not turkeys. Most people want their turkeys to go broody, not break them from it.Ok, good. That’s the only thing my research told me
My turkey hen is about the same age, no male turkey but she is sitting on everyone’s eggs. There is lots of clucking going on as the others want to lay, there and only there, as usual. Today the sexlink was squoze in near front of the nest.View attachment 3804421My 10-11 month old Turkey hen has been laying almost everyday for the last month. I have been taking her eggs every night, but I recently got her fake eggs to see if she’d sit on them. She sits on them daily, as well as lays an egg everyday, I usually have to remove her from the box. We don’t have a male so they aren’t fertile. Unless she is one of the turkeys who can lay fertilized eggs on their own, which I doubt. She usually hops out on her own eventually, but if she gets in there near dark she doesn’t get out to sleep on her perch. She pushes eggs under her body if I give them to her whilst she is sitting. I honestly don’t know what to do, but I’m leaving her in overnight, if she doesn’t get out on her own. Will update tomorrow. She sits very still in box unless disturbed. Usually with her head down.
My turkey hen was sitting on eggs, hers and the chickens as everyone lays in the same nest. Hers are not fertilized, but she is faithful. Annoys the other hens as they can’t get in to lay their eggsView attachment 3804421My 10-11 month old Turkey hen has been laying almost everyday for the last month. I have been taking her eggs every night, but I recently got her fake eggs to see if she’d sit on them. She sits on them daily, as well as lays an egg everyday, I usually have to remove her from the box. We don’t have a male so they aren’t fertile. Unless she is one of the turkeys who can lay fertilized eggs on their own, which I doubt. She usually hops out on her own eventually, but if she gets in there near dark she doesn’t get out to sleep on her perch. She pushes eggs under her body if I give them to her whilst she is sitting. I honestly don’t know what to do, but I’m leaving her in overnight, if she doesn’t get out on her own. Will update tomorrow. She sits very still in box unless disturbed. Usually with her head down.