Show PIGEONS ARE SUBJECT TO MANY V 4 1 V 4 41 t za z pigeon house and ply fly note rath bath pan against house prepared by the united states department of Arri culture the pens and yards where pigeons are confined must bo be kept clean there Is very little chance of making money from squabs squats unless the pigeons can bo be kept comparatively free from diseases and insect parasites it if healthy breeding stock Is secured the I 1 houses bouses and yards kept clean and careful attention given to the birds diseases and parasites should not bo be a material factor in squab raising only good sound grain should be fed tho the following lowing fal advice as to keeping pigeons well and curing their diseased dis cascH Is taken from farmers bulletin no squab raising the stock should be carefully watched and any sick birds removed from tho the breeding pens the house should be kept dry clean well ventilated and free from drafts the yards should bo be kept clean either by scraping the surface and adding fresh sand or gravel or by cultivating the land and planting it to grain it if possible the nests nest boxes and pens should be kept clean but it Is not advisable to disturb the nests which con tain eggs or squabs squats any bjore than la Is actually necessary the pens should be sprayed frequently with whitewash containing a little crude carbolic add acid or with a coal tar disinfectant and the nest boxes and perches should be examined tor for mites especially in hot weather and sprayed with kerosene oil or some commercial preparation which will kill mites the nests or nest pana should be cleaned out and the nesting material removed after the squabs squats are marketed or leave the nests canker pigeons are arc subject to tb many of the diseases which affect poultry and may be treated in the same manner canker and the disease or condition called tn white runt female going light seem to be more prevalent in pigeons than in the domestic fowl canker appears as sores or cheesy pitches in the mouth and throat ane and can usually be prevented by providing good sanitary conditions and feeding only clean sound grains and clean water it may be treated by swabbing I 1 ng the mouth and throat with undiluted or with a solution of equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and water or by using dry sulphur enough potassium permanganate may inay be added to the drinking water to give it a wine color various remedies or preventives of disease are used in tho the drinking water by pigeon breeders bleeders bre eders whenever the stock appears to be b e in poor condition among theia are carbolic acid epsom salts copper sulphate and venetian red ulcers sometimes appear on the head around the bill eyes mouth or in the thront throat and pigeons thus affected should usually be killed going light is more or less pe cullar to pigeons and la Is difficult to cure it may bo be brought about b by feeding ceding filthy or unsound grains b by filthy conditions and by any factor which tends to destroy tho the vitality of the pigeons tho the symptoms of 0 this condition aro are a gradual loss of flesh frequently accompanied by diarrhea the practical method of 01 treatment Is to remove tho the cause pigeons in ili this or in any other diseased condition will often get well it allowed their freedom tonics are used by some pigeon breeders bleeders bre eders especially during the molting bolting season but their constant uso use Is not generally advised under normal conditions dead squabs squats may bo be duo due to a variety of reasons tho the cause of 0 the mortality must bo be found and removed if profitable results aro are to bo be so po cured some of the possible causes are extra males or unmated pigeons in the breeding pens rats or mice in III the house and lack of vitality inthe in the breeding stock caused by tho the use of improper or the lack of sufficient feed filthy conditions or careless inbreeding C i water vessels mind bath baal pan |