how many eggs do we let our turkey incubate?

[CarolynEarley]

Our lovely turkey, Daphne, is broody and we are collecting eggs from her and our other turkeys for her to sit on... she is happily sitting on stones at the moment! How many should we give her to sit on? She is a big girl so obviously we want to give her as many as possible to raise our chances of success.

 

[Tim]

Hi Carolyn,

I don't keep Turkeys but I would say as many as she can comfortably sit on?

 

[AlexArt]

I've got a broody hen on 8 turkey eggs at the mo and she could probably take 10 comfortably, so for a larger turkey I'd say maybe 12 without over doing it and risking her breaking a few trying to get on and off them! 2 of my turkeys have gone broody at the mo and I'm wondering wether to let them sit as am fed up with being pecked to bits when I have to get them back into the chook house at night!