After the first batch of turkeys were hatched in the incubator I decided to just let them sit on what they laid after that. Last year only 2 hatched from the clutch the hen was sitting on. Within a few weeks we had 4 broody turkeys sitting on 3 nests. Yeah, 2 turkeys are sharing a nest. Not taking turns, sharing. You can see them at the bottom of the picture . Usually they are on top of each other but were a bit upset that I was taking their picture.
The hen on the right is sitting on her nest. The hen on the left is leading around 11 poults. So much for the 2 that I was expecting. Hopefully we don't end up with 33 turkeys. I have a feeling we'll be having a lot of turkey meat next year.
If you click the pics you should be able to see the poults walking around.
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