Turkey Poult Update

The turkeys were again out when the storm hit last night. It started with little warning as large chunks of ice dropped from the sky. The mommas knew they couldn't make it all the way to their nesting area, so opted to put themselves and the babies under the hay wagon which was the closest shelter. One straggler apparently tripped and got upside down in the grass before he could reach the safety of the wagon. We found him after the storm, still barely alive and totally soaked. Since the mommas were busy tending to their other 6 babies, and the incubator wasn't turned on anymore, I took the little one and put it under a Bantam hen who is broody in the chicken house. I wasn't sure she would accept him as she wasn't totally settled on her nest. She did take him and was thrilled. Started talking to him and quickly covered him with her feathers. I checked on him last night when I went to close up the hen house and he was dried off and looking a bit more perky. This morning she still has him covered, but I can hear him peeping so it looks like he made it through the storm Mom Turkey, however, has not been seen since Sunday. We are hoping this is because she is a master at camouflage and not because she became someone's dinner.