Show CARE WITH MAKES TURKEYS PAY brooding period Is always most critical time getting the boults through the brooding period into free range is the most difficult job in turkey raising and this requires management and clean sanitation the first requirement for a successful hatch with turkeys Is the use of strictly fresh eggs says 0 J maupin extension at north carolina state college when turkey hens are confined to a small range or yard the eggs may be gathered twice each day and then stored jn in a well ventilated room or collar cellar where the temperature Is not over GO CO degrees it Is better to set the eggs when only seven to eight days old whether a hen or incubator Is used when are first hatched they are less active than chicks and must be kept warm aarni the temperature in the brooder house needs to be kept around 00 90 degrees for several days maupin says the homemade brlik 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 shel left I 1 ft in has worked out well for the first feed give one egg to each twenty boults water should be given at 36 hours and the first chick starter or chick scratch given by the second day sour skim milk may be added when the boults are from 36 to 48 hours old and then kept before them thereafter at all times maupin also suggests gradual changes in feed as the birds grow older und and then when they are ready for the range the ratton ration may be simplified and reduced to whatever grains are available on the farm |