Thank goodness we are burning up all those poults and nests in the spring. Otherwise, we'd be completely overrun with turkeys and then we'd have to start massacring tons of hens, so the gobblers wouldnt work themselves to death and stress themselves trying to breed them all. Turkey rut would have to go on for 12 months out of the year just to get all those hens bred. Then we'd be arguing how many eggs in a clutch were gobblers and hens and does a hen drop a 50/50 ratio in a successful nest. Like I said, glad we are spring burning to keep the population in check, otherwise, turkeys would be taking over like the hogs are.