| Show Is disease causing poultry losses poultry specialists from kansas state agricultural college tind calls to a n large number of farms where the growing clinch chickens ens were not doing well the usual story stor Is that thecil the chicks icks lind had started out nicely anil and grew well ell until four or five weeks of age then they beeme seemed I 1 d to stop growing th their C ir f feathers en th beanie became lull dull wid dirty their shanks lind and beaks became pale their cormbs became pule and half as large laige us its normal and their bodies thin in some flocks almost all of tile the chicks were tt ere affe affected eted birds that survive are stunted in size and very ery susceptible to colds and roup i Is the disease causing the trouble it Is seldom found in small locks flocks where natural methods are followed atre alere the chicks have plenty of range on ground and vi abere here their coops are kept clean the majority of flocks affected have been those raised on ground bare of tender grass and where here sanitation Is not the best besl the method of control Is in the proper feeding ant and brooding with special emphasis ed placed on green feed and sanitation raising chicks on ground free from contamination and away from old hens heni that may bo be car hers of the disease glies the best results |
