Show keep turkeys away from chickens specialist says blackhead Is one of the most serious ailments affecting turkeys and one of 0 the most common means for spread of this parasite Is through chickens hence bence larger turkey raisers of the state now make it a practice to keep the two kinds of fowl always separated so that they cannot be on the same ground the name Is a misnomer C 11 ferguson state poultry specialist says for it has nothing to do with the head it Is evident in the bird by spots on the liver and by inflammation of the blind intestine it causes heavy toll when 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 the billen billings s method developed in montana tana isnow is now a common method of rearing boults this consists in raising the young turkeys on fresh ground an and d ag again oa in fencing off a space on one side of the house after two months the birds are past the danger period and then yards are rotated every month ohio farmer |