When do you start timing the turkey after dropping it in the oil?

From the time I drop it.

Sounds like this is your first time doing a fried turkey. If it is then make sure when you add oil to your pot that you allow for displacement when the turkey is put in the oil to cook.

If not sure when to stop pouring in the oil prior to heating it then do this the day before. Put the turkey in the frying pot and then add water to the pot so that the turkey is just submerged, pull out the turkey and take note or mark the pot to the level of the water in it and that tells you how much oil you need to use.

I've seen too many idiots damn near fill the pot with oil and add the turkey and the oil spills over the sides of the pot causing a flareup when the oil finds the flame.

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If you do it right, you raise your oil to 375, slowly drop it inch by inch. By the time you're done, it should only take a few minutes to get to 350. In this case, you don't need to add any time and starting the time as soon as the turkey is all the way in the oil is fine.

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Where did this come from? Lol

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Just a heads up to all the people who will be frying one for the first time. Every year there's a bunch of fires attributed to people frying turkeys and doing it wrong.

Too much oil
Not drying the turkey before placing it in the oil
Just dropping the turkey in the pot instead of slowly lowering it
Too high a temperature with boil-overs
Not keeping an eye on the cooking process to keep the temp steady