Show CARE WITH MAKES TURKEYS PAY brooding period Is always most critical time getting the boults through the brooding period perio dinto into free range Is the most difficult job in turkey raising and this requires management and clean sanitation the first requirement for or a successful hatch with turkeys Is the use of strictly fresh eggs says C 3 maupin extension at north carolina state college when turkey hens are confined to a small range or yard the eggs IDS nay 7 be gathered twice each day an and d then stored in a well ventilated room or cellar where the temperature Is not over 60 degrees it Is better to set the eggs when only seven to eight days old whether a hen or incubator Is used when boults are first h hatched a ached they are less active than chicks chick a and must be kept warm the temperature in the brooder house needs to be kept around 90 degrees tor for several days maupin says gays the homemade brick brooder may be used for boults but it Is well to make some wire partitions in the house to separate the ages feeding the boults Is about the same as for baby chicks hard boiled eggs with some of the shell left in has worked out well for the first teed feed give oue one egg to each twenty boults water should be given at SG 30 hours and the first chick starter or chick given by the second day sour may be added when the boults are from ag to 48 hours old aud and then kept before them thereafter at all times maupin also suggests gradual changes in feed as the birds grow older and then when they are ready for the range the ration may be simplified and reduced to whatever grains are available on the farm |