Show keep turkeys away from chickens specialist says blackhead Is one of the most serious aliments ailments affecting turkeys and one of the most common means for spread of this parasite Is through chickens hence larger turkey raisers of the state now make it a practice to keep the two kinds of owl fowl always separated so that they cannot be on the same ground the name Is a misnomer C M fer guson state poultry specialist says for it has nothing to do with the head it Is evident in the bird by spots on the flier and by inflammation or of the ine blind intestine it causes heavy toll when hen it starts in a flock and as yet no known cure has been announced sanitation is the best preventive along with isolation from chickens the same organism Is found in chickens but seldom causes death in them th the e billings method developed in montana Is now a common method of rearing boults this consists in raising the young turkeys on fresh ground and again fencing off a space on one side of the house after two months the birds are past the danger dan ger period and then yards are rotated every donth ohio farmer |