Our one remaining turkey hen decided, about a month ago, that she was going to 'go broody' as they say. Which means she wants to make a nest, lay eggs, and incubate them. Well, the poor girl couldn't lay an egg, but she took to sitting on those two wooden turkey sized eggs in her nest box day after day. Those wooden eggs had been put there to keep her from going into the wilds to lay her eggs. In an attempt to make her patient and quiet struggle fruitful, I put three fertile chicken eggs in with the two wooden ones. A turkey weighs at least 4 times more than a chicken, and a chicken egg is not designed to bear the weight of a turkey, so almost immediately two of the three eggs were crushed. But, now, 18 days later, the 3rd and last egg is still intact. If there is a live chick inside....... only time will tell. She won't let me near the egg long enough to 'candle' it to see. But, if there is, I would expect a baby chicken in about 4 or 5 days.
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| Mama gets all puffed up when I come near. But I did get a peek at the eggs beneath. |
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| You can see the difference in size |
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| Look at the 'nest' she has made in her next box. |
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