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1. The stress of moving could have caused her to stop laying. 2. Diet may affect laying. 3. Yes you need a nesting box, coop etc to keep fowl. Some links that my be helpful in general: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modpo/e1259006.html http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/poultry/g08353.htm Also most flocks (flocking type of birds) have one male to several females. In this case you have two males to one female. I am uncertain about turkeys specifically, I do know that roosters (chickens) can over sex a hen, causing her issues when it comes to laying. Even a small flock of say 5 hens can be "abused" by one rooster to the point where they do not lay. This is mostly due to the stress. Chickens have feather pulling during the process of mating - if your hen is getting a bare back that is a clear sign of her being over mated (for chickens). I do not know if the same applies for turkeys. There are reasons why turkey eggs are not sold in stores. one has to do with the fact that a chicken hen (good one) can lay up to 300 eggs a year, while turkeys average about 100. Another problem is that turkeys go "broody" easily--they want to sit on their eggs and incubate them. In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them. They lay and lay and have no desire to incubate their offspring or otherwise be maternal. It is highly possible that the turkey has laid an egg, and it is hidden somewhere and she is nesting "brooding" right now. Since I do not know the pen you have (or are they loose in the back yard?) I don't know if there are hiding spots for eggs.
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