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MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG 

 TURKEYS. 



Young Turkeys hatched and growing rapidly— Risks attending their 

 early growth— Food for young Turkeys— Young Turkeys must be 

 kept dry. 



'VT'OUNG turkeys when hatched are very small in 

 -'- proportion to the size of the adult birds. This 

 is accounted for by the fact that turkeys lay considerably 

 smaller eggs for their size than any other variety of the 

 feathered tribes, and it is impossible to get a large turkey 

 chick out of a small egg. 



That is not the worst, however. These birds when 

 young are very weakly and their systems altogether are very 

 delicate ; they are very different from young chickens, and 

 should therefore be treated differently. The first six weeks 



