Show farto alio HATCH TURKEYS IN incubators eggs given same treatment as the ordinary hen it takes 28 days but turkey eggs can be hatched in incubators just the game bame as hens eggs turkey rn misers lers in several parts of colorado tire aro saving kours hours and days of hard labor that way and in the eastern part of 0 wyoming it Is almost the universal practice the big job Is to get enough eggs together tit nt one time for a full sized setting they should not be held for more than ten days according to charles N keen of the colorado agricultural I 1 college should be kept at a temperature of from RO 50 to GO 60 degrees fahrenheit and turned dally daily the incubator should be thoroughly cleaned and dis infected then warmed to the W correct temperature the temperature of hatching turkeys eggs in the case casa of small machines where the heat beat Is at the top may be tone one half degree to one degree lower average than for liens hens eggs As a guide for those who whit do not have the instructions for their machine the average temperature starts at about degrees and increases to about or degrees the last week if the lie eggs carry cairy good fertility the body heat from the developing boults will gradually bring up the temperature of the machine inne hine additional moisture Is needed as with liens eggs A tray of sand kept wet will supply it turkey boults should not be taken front from the incubator until they are thoroughly dried off and appear strong on their legs when the eggs are set under hens or turkey liens hens supa steps should bo be token taken to insure fr n ato fa m lice or mites as these parasites cauze cause very serious losses among the tit young boults the nest boxes should be sprayed before the eggs egg tire aro sot sel the setting lien hen should be dusted thoroughly with fied sodium fluoride or some other good lice powder at least three times during the latter part pait of the getting fetting period but prior to the aven ty fifth day |