The few farmers are ready to breed turkey poults, explaining it with the fact that the bird badly survives, very weak. From all types of poultry the turkey poults are considered as the most exacting to the cultivation as require bigger attention and the correct leaving.
Instruction
1. It is the best of all to grow up young growth under a hen. Turkeys are very careful mothers, they unlike ducks and hens do not throw the children. Choose as a hen a bird large, it will be able to warm a large number of eggs. The nest has to be in the secluded town (in the shaded and warm place) that other turkey-cocks did not disturb a hen. If the turkey does not get up, lift her each two days, give her time to resemble, eat and empty intestines. Examine a nest if a laying wet, replace with dry straw.
2. Turkey poults hatch for the 28th day, the hen feels it and ceases to get up from a nest. Baby birds are well protected by feathers of a turkey from the external environment, receive necessary heat. In couple of days the turkey poults leave from under a hen. Check all eggs under it, bad remove, leave the others that the remained baby birds hatched. The first five days temperature for cultivation of turkey poults has to be 33-35 degrees, the next five days – 30-32 degrees, the third five-day week – 28-29 degrees, then 26-27 degrees and 24-25. Further maintain temperature of 18-20 degrees. As often as possible change a laying.
3. The first days baby birds hardly find water and a forage therefore place feeding troughs and drinking bowls in well lit places. If the brood is in the hen house, then the first days lighting has to be round the clock. In the subsequent duration of light day decreases till seventeen o'clock. For prevention of diseases add weak solution of permanganate of potassium to water.
4. It is required to turkey poults more than vitamin and proteinaceous food. Therefore add cottage cheese, meat waste, peas, skim milk, carrots and greens in damp bourgeoises. Give to baby birds boiled and pounded potatoes. The first two weeks you feed turkey poults of 10-12 times a day, then reduce to 6 times. As the first forage use fresh curdled milk, cottage cheese, eggs. Add corn or barley flour. If baby birds evade of meal, feed forcibly. Each new type of food is recommended to be entered gradually as turkey poults take change of forages painfully.