TREATMENT.—Separate the sick birds from the healthy ones. Clean and
disinfect the coops and runs. Burn all manure. Remove the worms from the
windpipe by the use of a feather, from which the fan has been stripped,
leaving only a small brush at the end. Dip the feather into Oil of
Turpentine or Coal Oil, removing the surplus liquid by drawing the
feather between the fingers. Now insert the feather into the windpipe of
the bird and by turning gently you will dislodge the worms from their
attachments. Repeat this treatment once a day for two or three days.
Disinfect coops and runs with undiluted Crude Carbolic Acid. Feed good
nutritious food as wheat bran mashes, etc.
HEAD LICE.
CAUSE.—Result of insanitary conditions and lack of care. Communicated by
direct contact with infected birds, or by infected coops or brooders.
SYMPTOMS.—The head soon becomes denuded of feathers, and also sore by
being constantly scratched with the feet. If not properly treated the
chicks weaken and die.
TREATMENT.—An ointment made of one part Sulphur and four parts Lard well
mixed and applied two to three times will exterminate the lice. If the
fowl is run down in condition, feed good nutritious food as wheat bran
mashes.
HOW TO FEED YOUNG POULTRY.
Withhold all food for at least eighteen hours; then feed stale bread
moistened with boiled milk every three hours. When they are three or
four days old, feed rolled oats, ground corn moistened with pure water,
finely chopped meat and boiled vegetables. Feed them often and you will
be well repaid by their rapid growth, strength, and the low death rate.
After they reach the age of one week or ten days, watch them closely and
regulate their feed to their apparent needs.
INCOMPLETE EGG.
(_Abortion_)
CAUSE.—Irritation of the oviduct; improper secretion of albumen or
internal egg-producing material.
TREATMENT.—Careful feeding will overcome this condition. Warm wheat bran
mashes, ground bone, beef scraps, all tend to allay the irritations of
the oviduct and stimulate the secretions of albumen.
JAUNDICE.
CAUSE.—Obstruction of the bile duct, due to rich, nitrogenous food and
insufficient exercise.
SYMPTOMS.—Disease is not easily detected. The yellow color of the wattles
and comb is the first symptom; the appetite is variable, the feathers
appear rough and dry, the head is retracted, and the bird finally dies
owing to the absorption of bile in the blood.
TREATMENT.—Change food. Feed upon a vegetable diet, also give one grain
of Calomel, which is particularly useful in a case of sluggish liver
in poultry. Also give one grain of Pulv. Gentian Root and one grain of
Bicarbonate of Soda, twice daily in feed.
MANGE.
(_Scabies of the Body_)
CAUSE.—Due to a parasite that resembles the mite.
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