Margaret Mahaney Talks About TurkeysMahaney, Margaret
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Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys
Mahaney, Margaret
Turkeys
A form of diarrhea essentially different from the two described,
occurs in an old female turkey in which a white discharge comes
away more or less constantly, often dribbling out, and keeps the
feathers about the vent incrusted with a white, chalk-like
deposit. It is doubtless due to some derangement in the
shell-making function, and can best be treated by promoting the
general health and using the means noted below.
Treatment: Have your pharmacist make up pills made of a mixture
of five grains of powdered chalk, five of rhubarb, and five of
cayenne pepper, adding a half grain of opium in severe cases.
Give two pills daily. Another good remedy is camphorated spirits
of barley meal, three to six grains for each bird according to
age, or ten to twenty drops of the same may be put in a pint of
the drink. For mild cases and in the early stages of others,
powdered chalk on boiled rice may be sufficient. The remedy last
named is recommended for the white discharge of old females, for
which the pills described above should be used as well as a
little lime water, made by allowing about ½ teaspoonful
air-slacked lime to ½ pint water for a bird. Dissolve and then
pour off the liquid for them to drink instead of plain water.
Restrict the drink in all forms of these disorders and put into
it a little tincture of iron (four drops to a gallon of water).
Dysentery with blood discharges is a serious disorder. It is best
to give a teaspoonful of castor oil, followed with three to six
drops of laudanum every few hours, supplying an exclusive diet of
mild food. It is important that the afflicted bird be kept quiet
and apart from the flock, especially in dysentery.
Isolate the afflicted bird when you are at all doubtful regarding
the nature of the disorder. Give a couple of tablespoonfuls of
ground chalk to a pint of warm mash made from _Margaret
Mahaney’s_ Turkey Feed. This will also be found beneficial at any
time to the laying turkey hens of five or six years old. Allow
one pint of mash to four turkeys three times a day. A little
camphor, about the size of a good sized bean, to four turkeys
will hasten the recovery; dropped in the drinking water once a
week, will help to keep the birds in good laying condition.
_Diarrhea in Little Turkeys_
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