Margaret Mahaney Talks About TurkeysMahaney, Margaret
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Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys
Mahaney, Margaret
Turkeys
Take that bird away immediately; disinfect her head and under the
wings with salve; massage the crop gently to see if it is full of
undigested food. If it is, give a scant half teaspoonful of epsom
salts in a little water. In about an hour’s time give a
tablespoonful of olive oil and follow with a quarter of a
teaspoonful salicylate of soda in two tablespoonfuls of warm
water. After the crop is emptied put her in a box, say a good
sized packing case, with plenty of straw, and cover with burlap.
Give a teaspoonful of warm whisky and a tablespoonful of milk
mixed together. This will keep up the vitality of the bird. A
long necked milk testing bottle comes in very handy in a flock of
any kind of fowl, for you can place the neck down below the
windpipe and inject the liquids into the crop without any choking
on the part of the fowl. Then watch and see if the droppings are
yellow. If they are give one of the _Mahaney_ Blackhead pills
every hour until the droppings become normal. You can place the
pill on the tongue of the turkey and make her swallow it. If
there is nothing in the crop except a brash of sour wind, give
the pills and hot milk and whiskey at once.
Be sure to keep the bird warm for a few days, and then disinfect
before she goes out with the rest of the flock. Look over the
droppings board every morning and see if there are any yellow
droppings. Use plenty of lime. Twice a week, in the morning, give
sulphate of iron, powdered, (one level teaspoonful in a gallon of
water in an earthen dish). The other days, at night, give
salicylate of soda in the same amount in the drinking water. This
will keep your flock in good condition.
BLACKHEAD IN YOUNG TURKEYS
The first symptom of blackhead in the young turkeys has the
appearance of a common cold in the head. The turkey will sniff
and water will sometimes come from the nose. The loss of appetite
is apparent. The wings droop and when you let the turkeys out of
the coops, the one affected will drag itself along behind the
rest of the flock. I take that bird away from the rest. I
disinfect the head and under the wings with my salve. Rub the
salve lightly on the head. Hold the turkey gently across the
back, press the wings down to the side. If you are not very
gentle with them, and very careful, you are liable to break the
wings.
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