The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . Mongrel Geese Being Fattened For the Holiday Market. TURKEYS. 141. .^% C^ vl Indian Runner Ducks, Called the Leghorns of the Duck Family. dangerous. A common hen teaches the little ones to eat betterthan their own mother does. We may feed them much as chick-ens, only more carefully and lighter because, exercise is abso-lutely necessary for turkeys. Coops. ZYz feet square, SVz feet high in front, and 2^4 behind, arelarge enough for turkey mothers, which some confine for abouttwo weeks, till the
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . Mongrel Geese Being Fattened For the Holiday Market. TURKEYS. 141. .^% C^ vl Indian Runner Ducks, Called the Leghorns of the Duck Family. dangerous. A common hen teaches the little ones to eat betterthan their own mother does. We may feed them much as chick-ens, only more carefully and lighter because, exercise is abso-lutely necessary for turkeys. Coops. ZYz feet square, SVz feet high in front, and 2^4 behind, arelarge enough for turkey mothers, which some confine for abouttwo weeks, till the poults are able to walk far and well. Othersmake a board pen one or two feet high, which holds the littleones, and their mother will not go far away. A light boardtied over shoulders to prevent flying leaves the bird at themercy of dogs. As the safest, happiest arrangement, I commenda small yard, wired in overhead and all, where mothers and off-spring can be together. Frequently move coop and yard andwhen the poults are old enough for general liberty, never letthem wander about in the dew, and be sure to get them in be-fore a storm and every night. Start early,
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