Show TURKEYS LAY EARLY I IN DAY Broodiness Can Be Discouraged by Confining Hens in Coop With Slat Bottom Prepared by the United hilled States Department Depart ment of A Agriculture Turkey hens can easily be broken o of their broodiness by confining them for tor two or three days to a coop with witha n a slot bottom They will mate soon after being let out of the coop and begin laying In is about a week The first two or three eggs of ot a litter are usually laid at the rate of ot one every other day after which the hens ordinarily I lay luy every ery day until they are broody although sometimes they skip one da day before laying the last egg ola ofa ofa of ol a litter There Is no particular time of day when a turkey hen lays las but most of the eggs eggs- are ore laid In the morning say poultry specialists In the United States Department of Agriculture The following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing dates of laying and lengths of time remaining on the nest were obtained ob tamed b by watching a turkey hen durIng during during dur dur- ing the laying season and ond are typical Time of Time of Date laying leaving nest March 27 p. p ni nl p. p m. m March 29 9 1100 n. n a. a m m. p. p m. m March 31 a a. m 1000 a. a m m. m April l 1 1100 a a. a m m. p. p rn m. April 2 p. p m m. m P. P m. m April 3 1100 a. a m p p. p m. m April 4 a. a m m. 8 a. a m a-m m. m April 6 5 a. a n. n m m. p. p m m. April 6 a a. a m m. 00 p. p m. m mApril m m. April 7 7 a. a m m. p. p mApril m nt April 8 1000 a. a m m. m. m p. p mApril mApril m m. April April 5 1030 a. a m m. p. p pm p.m. m. m April JO 10 1000 a. a m m. p. p m mApril m. m April 11 1000 a. a m m. m. m p. p mApril m m. April 1 12 7 30 a a. m. m April 14 |