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THis Fowl is very profitable, if you under∣stand how to order them rightly. The Young ones are very tender, and subject to the Cramp, especially if too tenderly kept, not per∣mitting them to go abroad with their Dams; so that 'tis observed, that a Turkey that sits her self, and brings forth her Young without Housing, [ 10] comes to more good, as not subject to the Cramp, that so often kills those kept in the House, when they are put out in the Dew. They are generally inclined to rove or stray from their Dams, which are also very negligent of them; for if she hath but one following her, she will not regard the rest, which oft proves the loss of them, without an Eye over them.
Turkeys begin to Lay about March, and will Sit about April, and Hatch in about a Month. [ 20] They are very subject to Lay abroad, so that care must be taken to put them in the Hen-house, Cooping up those that the Servant finds with Egg at Night, as afore-directed.
The Young ones are fed with Curds, Milk, and Bread, and let their Drink be Milk and Water. When they have got strength put them abroad in some warm place, and turn them not out till the Dew is off the Grass, and so House them at Nights. [ 30]
For Fatting Turkeys, put them in Coops, and for the first Fortnight feed them with sodden Barley, or Oats, and afterwards Cram them as Capons, as before directed.