chrismahon
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Reading Lewis Wright's 1867 edition at the moment and have got to the chapter on Turkeys and rearing. There is no mention in this book about incubators so far, so I presume he considered them so unreliable as not worth mentioning. May appear in the 1901 edition? They have hatched and his comment is "Turkey chicks are very stupid and do not seem to know how to peck." He then goes on to explain a method to solve the problem which is to slip 2 chicken eggs under the broody about 5 days after she starts incubating the turkey eggs. The chicks hatch at the same time and the baby chickens show the baby turkeys what to do.
Is this still the case?
Is this still the case?