DISEASES AND PREDATORY ANIMALS 



properly. A little strychnine dropped in an egg and 

 left in a turkey nest over night will often serve to kill the 

 animals which come to rob the nest. Where a turkey hen 

 is disturbed by any of these pests she often changes her 

 nest to some other locality. 



In addition to the losses from eggs being destroyed, 

 young poults are sometimes caught and killed by hawks 

 and by most of the animals mentioned above. Night 

 losses can be prevented by driving the brood into a coop 

 where they can be closed up for the night so that animals 

 cannot get at them. This must be continued until the tur- 

 keys are old enough to roost up out of danger. In certain 

 sections of the country where coyotes, wolves or foxes 

 are plentiful, mature stock may be lost from this source. 

 About the only remedy is to attempt to free the range 

 from the animals which cause the loss and to provide 

 roosts which are high enough to place the birds out of the 

 reach of these four-footed thieves. 



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