A turkey egg takes longer to hatch than a chicken egg. How long is the wait before the poult emerges?
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For domestic turkeys, incubation usually takes 28 days, or about four weeks. By comparison, broiler chicken eggs take 21 days to incubate.
For wild turkeys, the reported duration varies between sources and can range from 25 to 31 days. The female begins incubating once she has laid all her eggs.
There’s another detail about wild turkeys: observations indicate that the poults all hatch within a 24-hour window. After days of waiting, their arrivals follow close together.
