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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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ns sel-dom prove as satisfactory as breeders as do those of mediumsize, or a little larger. The former almost always produce asmaller number of less fertile eggs than the latter underthe same conditions. Xot more than four ducks should be allowed to eachdrake in the early part of the season and not more thansix during the warm weather. Breeding ducks change con-dition very rapidly and on that account the eggs from eachpen should be marked when collected so that a lack of fer-tility discovered when testing the eggs may be traced to thepen in which the eggs were laid. DUCK RAISING FOR PROFIT 59 Care must be taken not to allow the breeders to get toofat or very thin and even when they are apparently in goodbreeding condition, it is frequently necessary to change themales in order to get the best results. The pens should bebedded well so that all eggs laid may be kept clean withoutwashing, as washing injures the egg somewhat by remov-ing from the shell some of the oily substance which na-
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Pekin Ducks Enjoying- a Swim ture intended should remain there. Duck eggs cannot bekept as long as hen eggs and hatch well. Ten days is aslong as they can be kept with safety. Care of the Young Ducks. The care of the duck eggs during incubation is not muchdifferent from the care of hens eggs; but after the duckshatch, if a good per cent come out, it is necessary to removethe early ones as soon as the hatch is completed, or they are oo TURKEYS, DUCKS AND GEESE likely to crowd the later hatched ones and injure or killthem. Young ducks are far easier to handle in broodersthan young chicks. Drive a flock of young ducks out of #abrooder and in again twice and they will thereafter find theway themselves unless they suddenly become chilled or arefrightened. Ducklings are very timid. A sudden or unusual move-ment on the part of the care-taker, or the presence of astrange person or an animal will frighten the youngstersout of a days growth. Fully seventy-five per cent of the ducks reared andma

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