Identifier: turkeysducksgees00nour (find matches)
Title: Turkeys, ducks, and geese
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Nourse, H. A. (Harold Alvah), 1875-
Subjects: Turkeys Ducks Geese
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : Webb Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ger run. During the first week theyare not allowed outdoors at all. After that they are alloweda small run outside. As soon as there is any indication ofa storm, they are all driven in the house and shut up, toavoid being wet and chilled. They are kept in the nurseryuntil they are two weeks old when they are removed to thedouble brooder houses, also heated by hot water. Herethey are given larger pens, and runs. Seventy-five are putinto each pen. This house is built with an aisle, on bothsides of which are pens. Those on one side have hovers, EXTENSIVE DUCK RAISING 95 while those on the other side are for older ducks and haveno hovers. The older they grow the more room is giventhem. Feeding the Ducklings. The newly hatched ducks are fed the first day a mix-ture, by measure, of four parts crackers, one part hardboiled eggs, and five parts of rolled oats. Extremely finegrit is also mixed with it. This is moistened and fed at5 .-30 a. m., 9:00 a. m., 11 :oo a. m., 1 :oo p. m., 5 :oo p. m.
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Single Brooding House on Weber Bros. Duck Farm. As ducks have no crop to store away food like chickens,they cannot eat much at any one time, but must eat often.Thev are alwavs watered before being fed so thev will notchoke when eating. Xo food is left on the boards becauseit will sour and cause sickness among the ducklings. Theyare fed on small boards with cleats nailed on the sides justhigh enough to keep the food from getting into the dirt.A man goes along with # pail, walking on top of hovers,and feeding all in the pens in a short time. He then comesback, and where they are still hungry he gives them somemore. The second day they are given a mixture, by meas- 90 TURKEYS, DUCKS AND GEESE tire, of rolled oats four parts, bread crumbs two parts,scalded corn meal two parts, with fine grit mixed in. It ismixed with wTater to a crumbly state. This is fed for threedays five times a day. They are never allowed to be with-out water to drink. The third feed is equal parts of secondfeed and r

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