Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-05-28
Agri.cultural.
THE FARMER.
RAISING YoItNa TutRkKYs.

Richardson in his work on the domestic
Fowl, has these rei..arks;
Many writers nr9isA.amend vast deal of
qfsckery in the trea. mt ofthe young chicks.
Some 60 the length Of ordering them wine,
pepper, bathing In cold water, &c II IA far
better to let them alone. For a few hours
after Matching, the chicks require no food at
all and then instead of examining theIn--a
process in which you are likely to break the
tender beak Of the little chick-chop up a
few hard eggs with boiled nettle, parsley and
a little bread or curd make this into a paste
and present it to the birds in the palm of your
hand, or place it before them on stono
taking care that the hen does not rob them.
In supplying them with water, be careful to
put il into very shallow vessels that they can
not wet themselves for the least moisture
appears fatal TO them. As the turkey chick
does not seek its food immediately on leaving
the egg, and the hen seems incapable of in
srtucting her little offspring how to do so, il
is a practice with some to put a few common
hens eggs among turkeys (Which must be
done nine or ten days after setting,) that these
coming out with little turkeys may, by force
of example, teach them to provide for them
selves.
Unless in very warm weather the hen and
chicks should be housed for month. II they
and little Cayenne pepper intothe food. II
yon mix the food with milk, let II be previously
boiled.-Unboied milk will purge the chicks
but for my own part prefer pure water.
At the age of about two months occurs
the most critical period in the life of turkey
called shooting the red,'' or the time when
the head and neck acquire the reddish color
of adult.-This crisis once passed, the birds
may be regarded as past danger, and exchange
the name of chicks for that of turkey poults
The only treatment necessary when a bird is
shooting the red, is to furnish nutritive food
with small pinch Of Cayenne pepper. Brui-
sed hemp seed is also found serviceable.
Take care thai youns sturkies meyer go out
on any account, (except in dry weather. until
the dew is of the ground and this should be
adhered to till they get to be the size OF All
old partridge and have their back well covered
with feathers; and in wet weather they should
be kept under cover all day long. As to the
feeding of them when young, many nice things
are recommended-hard eggs, chopped fine,
with crumbs of bread, and great many other
things, but that which have seen used, and
always with success, and for all sorts of young
poultry, is milk turned into .cnrds. This is
the food for young poultry OF all sorts. Some
should be made fresh every day, and if this
be done, and the turkeys be kept warm, not
one out OF score will die. When they get
to be strong they may have meal and grain;
but still they always love the curds. When
they get their head feathers, they ar. hardy
enough; and what they want is room TO prowl
about. II is best to breed them under COM
mon hen, because she does not ramble like
hen turkey; and 1t is very curious thing
that the turkeys bred up by hen of the
common fowl, do not themselves rambIe much
when thew net old