The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-29

the early market has been best with
us.
The sooner the eggs are set the bet
ter hatch you will have. If you have
three turkey hens you will soon get
enough eggs to set two or three chick
en- hens. We generally wait until we
have from twenty to twenty-five eggs,
and then set them under chicken hens,
and by so doing will often have the
eggs set two or three weeks before any
of the turkey hens begin to sit. We
then take the eggs and place a few of
them under the turkey hen.
After they are all Matched they can
all be given to the turkey hen and you
have a nice little drove of turks. and
they are two or three weeks earlier
than they would have been had you
waited and not set them until the
mother hen had become broody We
have had as high as twenty-five turks
with one turkey hen, and by a little
extra care during storms the mortality
among them was no greater than
among the smaller flocks.
There seems to be no risk to run in
getting the turkey hen to own the
turks, as we have tried this plan for
the last five years, and yet have the
first hen to refuse to own her turks.
We have had hens that did not begin
to set until we could hear the turks
peeping in the shell, but we placed a
few under her, and when they were
old enough to leave the nest the moth
er turk was ready to go with them. and
took the same motherly care of them.
as she would had she been compelled
to stay on the nest four weeks. The
reasons for going to this trouble are to
have the turks with turkey hens, as
they are the best mothers for turks,
and to avoid their staying around the
premises. When the turks are taken
from the nest they should be we'll dust
ed with Persian insect powder, and the
mother hen should not be sighted, but
given a good busting, too. This should
be done every week, and is as neces-
sary as food Lice are the greatst n
mics to young turks and annually
cause the death of thousands. Sweet
oil may be rubbed on the heads and un-
der the wings of your turks each week.
but If you use too much you will have
no turks to grease the next week.
We killed a flock of chicks once by
the use of grease. 1t made quick work
of them.
Keep your mother hen confined in
box or movable coop until your turks
are two or three weeks old Move the
coop each day to fresh grass. We adj
wise no floors to the coops. BY tne
time the turks are three weeks old you
will have gained their friendship and
they will often fly over you when you
go to feed them.
Feed your turks three times day
while the hen is in the coop, but after
they are let go at large. once OF twice
"A day We do this to hold their friend
ship and to induce them TO come home
to roost We have the greatest sue
cess in feeding hard boiled eggs. chop
ped onions and bread crumbs. A little
smearcase mixed with other food is
very good. The less sloppy food they
are fed the better they will do. Feed
literally. but do not give them more
than they win eat up clean each time.
~ any h. left over IL VIII sour and
cause bowel diseases OF various kinds.
Don't forget that they want water as
well as chicks. often turks wander
away Just because they can get no
water az home. This should be fresh
anG cool A. soon as they begin TO
root away from home go after them
and BRING them home. II they keep ~
ur long YOU may lose trace of them
and ail your efforts 80 90 nauEht A.
autumn approaches give them all they
sent % corn. wheat and any other