Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-04-12
turner's AitYartment.
Raising Young Turkies.

In our hoyhood. the good old woman
who nursel the yonng turk;es considered
it II religions duty to take each one, rs
soon as it vas dry from the she'll and
dip it in y basin OF cold water. Then it
was carefully relieved Of the pip on the
end Of its hill that had heeu used for
working nut cfthc shell, and then whole
grain OF h,ack pepper administered. We
did not ut the time understand the phil
osJphy Of this treatment, nor do we row
Gut il vas considered absolutely essen
tal 10 the profitable existence Of the
young turkey. We should omit How all
thcss. processes.
Richardson, in his vorl; on the DO.
mestic Fowl, has these remarks:
Many writers recommend a vast zeal
of qnackery in the treatment otthe Young
chicks Some 60 the leught Of ordering
,ham zine. pepper, bathingin cold water,
70. Il is far better to let them alone.
Fog few hours after Matching, tho
,hicks require no food at all md then,
iastead of craming thcm--a process III
which you are likely to brea': the tender
beat; Of the little ciiick--chop up few hard
eggs with boiled nettle. parsley All n
littl. cold bread or curd; make this into
paste, and present it to the birds in
the palm of your hand, or place it before
them on stone, taking care that the
hen does not rob them. In supplying
them with water, be careful to put it into
very shallow vessels that they cannot wet
themselves; for the least moister appears
fatal to them. As the turkey chick does
net seek it's food immediately on leaving
tie egg. and the hen seems incapable
Of irstructing her little offspring how to
do so, it is practice with some to put
fsw common hens eggs among the tur-
keys (Which must be done nine
or ten days after setting, that these
coming out with the little turkics may,
BIZ force ofextmple. teach them to pro
vide for themselves.
Unless in very warm weather the hen
and chicks should be housed for moath.
If they appear dropping, put powdered
caraway seed, and little Cayenne pepper
into the food. If you mix tue food with
milk, let it be previously boiled. I'm
boiled milk will purge the chicks; bat
for my own part prefer pure water.
At the age of about two months occurs
the most critical period in the life OF a
urkey, called shooting the red" or
the time when the head and neck acquire
the reddish color OF adults. This crisis
oucc past, the birds uay be regarded as
past danger, and exchange the name
of chicks for that OF turkey pouItS. The
only treatment necessary when bird is
shooting tho red, is to furnish nntri:lvc
food with n small pinch Of Cayenne
pepper. Bruised hemp is also found
serviccable.
Take care that young tukies nc'er &c
out on any account, Except in dry wealth.
err, until the dew is off the ground; ard
this should be adhered to till tTey get
to be the size of an old partridge. and
have their backs we'll covered with faath-
ers and in wet weather they should be
kept under cover all day i1Ig. As l.
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, anl for all sorts Of young poul.
try, is milk turned into curds. Thi.
is the food for young poultry ofall sorts
Some should be made fresh every day,
and if this be done, and The turkies bc
kept warm, not one out OF y score vii
die. When they get to be strong they
may have meal or grain; but still they
always love the curd, When the,
get their head feathers, they arc hard
enough. and what they want ID room t.
prowl about. 1t is best to breed then
under common hen, because she doe
not ramble like hen turkey, and it i
very curious thing that the turkies brec
up by hen Of the common fowl, DO no
themselves tamble much when they ge
old.