Show TURKEY HEN IS BEST MOTHER Sh She Knows Wants of and Can Talk to Them in Language They Soon Learn Prepared by tho the United States Department Department Depart Depart- men ment t of Agriculture For the turkey hen lien is the best mother that can be found She knows their needs and find can cnn talk to them In a language they soon learn to understand At the approach of nn any danger she gives a low warning note that sends them scurrying In every direction for a weed or patch of green grass gruss where then can cnn lie Ile flat on the ground safely hidden from view While on free range she l keeps eps her brood together b by talking continuously continuously In a contented purring tone so that the always know where she is When h her r become widely separated separated sep sep- or if some become lost and she hears hems their peep peep she calls caUs them with the characteristic yelp heard so frequently during the laying season reason Now and then while the are but a few da days s 's old she catches a grasshopper or other insect and calls the to come and get It They soon earn to find their own own feed however and range out ahead of the mother hen In search of whatever whatever what what- ever eyer they can find Young turkeys usually remain with the mother hen until about October or November when the me males or ordinarily separate from the females anc and range b by themselves When two turl turkey e hens with broods of about the same age are turned out on free range together the they will remain in one flock and as this makes It easier to hunt them up upi i f f i V i i The Turkey Hen Takes Good Care of ot Her Young and C care lre for them it Is a advisable Isable to turn nut out two or three hens with their broods together when hen they are given free range It Is not a 0 good goodplan goodplan goodplan plan to have haye more than this number of young In one flock say poultry poul try specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture as the they may all try to crowd under one or two hens to be hovered |