Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-11
QUEST"

Mount Vernon, Ca: am
writing to you to know &c
you can give me any information.
/ have some little turkeys that are
just about the size of a frying size
chicken. and they just droop over
and die and / think it is a great
loss if IT continues. If you can
give me any advice for the sick
ness it will be appreciated very
much. and hope you can. The ola
hen Matched ten little ones and they
have all died but five and ! am sor-
ry they have. They have an oat
patch to go in and 1 think they
get plenty to eat. 1 feed them
twice day. Hope you can give
me some advice along that line AMI
it viii be highly appreciated.
Hoping to hear from you soon, I
am
Yours truly.
Il. c. LEE
ANSWER.
1t would be impossible for me 10
tell You how to treat your little
turkeys. Turkeys are hard to raise
unless they are managed Just right
and fed just right 1T is possible
that your little turkeys are getting
too much oats to eat which are
hard to digest and are not good for
either young chickens or young tur-
keys. Itjs also possible that they
have not had proper and sufficient
food to give them strength enough
to cut their pin feather, which they
are doing now at the age you mem
ton. Furthermore. il is POSSIBLE,
that they are infested with insects.
Look on the top Of their heads and
see n they are not covered with
nits or lice. If so. unless they are
treated at once and get rid of these
you will lose all of them. Some
times a brood of turkeys will ger
upset in some way and almost he
fore you know il you will lose the
entire brood. 1t would be best for
you to change their range and nut
them in a different place. feed
more often and variety of feed.
Noreross, Gavin you please tell
me through The. Journal what IS the
matter with my litte chicks? They
get droopy and die. / feed them
two feeds Of chicken feed a day. They
get plenty Of green food. They
have fresh water every day. have
looked for mites but did not see any.
Yours truly,
c. DUNCAN.
ANSWER.
You do not feed often enough. Lit
tie chickens can not thrive on two
feeds a day. They should be fed
every three hours. especially for the
first ten days Of their lives From
description given they are evidently
weak from some cause, either from
not getting sufficient food warmth
enough, or il they have been out
with hens it Is likely that they are
getting too much exercise IL Is not
a good idea to turn them out early
IN the morning as they viii get chilled
and cause the weakened condition
which makes them droopy Keep
them dry and comfortable and feed
what they will eat up clean eevry
three hours.
Social Circle. Ga.-PIease let me
know at your earliest convenience.
what is the trouble with my young
Indian Runner Ducks. They thrive
the first week. but from nine days
they begin TO die without any indi-
cation of weakness and very few
have lived to be two weeks old
keep them on nest for - hours after
Matched. then put hen and ducks i'm
coop in wood shed and keep them dry
and warm, feed stale bread moistened
with sweet milk with grit I'm il for
first week. feed them small amount
every three hours and had their
drinking water slightly warm always.
The second week feed them on one
feed of shorts. bran and very
small amount Of beef scraps per day.
continuing the stale bread.
Will appreciate an immediate an