Show turkeys thrive while roosting boosting Ro in the open it Is unnecessary to provide a house for turkeys though it Is the part of wisdom to have a shed abed handy into which they may be driven on extremely stormy nights As a usual thin thins they will do better ro out in the open even in quite severe weather where only a small flock Is kept 15 females may be mated with one niale male if lie he Is unquestionably vigorous ifa flock of about 25 or 30 Is kept two males will be needed but they should not be allowed to run with the flock it at one time one should be allowed to run with the flock one day and the other th the e next the reason for this Is that where both are allowed to mingle with the flock at the same time they will fight until one of them becomes boss after which lie he will III do most of the routing mating and the flock will he be very little better olt off so far as the fertility Is concerned con cernei than if it had a single male |