Our turkey hen went broody, but 30 days later I had to remove her eggs since they obviously weren’t going to hatch. But she wouldn’t get off of her nest so I took some chicken eggs and put them under her. It is been another 21 days and her marathon of broodiness has paid off with a little chick who probably thinks of itself as a turkey. There are still three more eggs under her, which we’ll give two more days before removing. Hopefully we will get another couple of chicks before then.

Our surrogate turkey mamma with her little chick named peepers: