Guest ketchum Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 I'VE BEEN TOLD A HEN TURKEY ONLY BREEDS ONE TIME, AND ALL THE EGGS LAID AFTER THAT ARE FERTILE. OR ARE THEY LIKE A CHICKEN DOES EACH EGG HAVE TO BE FERTILIZED? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? I've always been told that a hen turkey has to have each egg fertilized. Thus, she is breed prior to laying each egg in her clutch. The hen will typically lay 10 to 12 eggs during a two week period and incubate them for about 28 days. I could be wrong...that's just what I've always been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? I was google searching, and didn't find a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? i read that a hen only has to breed once and she can fertilize all of her eggs from one breeding session.....if they do it more than once, i dont know, but once is all it takes to have a fertile batch...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranchand99 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? Read somewhere before...Hens need to be bred only one time to fertilize the entire clutch of eggs.One breeding will keep her fertile for x-number of days...If her nest is broken up she will need to re-breed again.Good thing for us they don't know they need to do it only once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womanwhohunts Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? From what I understand a hen can breed once and lay fertile eggs for about 8 weeks.She can lay a nest of 10-12 and if that gets busted up she can lay another without being bred again.I think I read that in the latest Field&Stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1 strut Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Re: HOW MANY TIMES DOES A HEN BREED? contact lovett williams..he will tell u exactly how many times..if i remember right after only one time they can lay the entire clutch and if the first nest is destroyed they can lay the second from mating the one mating time..but they may mate more than once..to b sure ask lovett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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