Show Diarrhea Dreaded Disease in Chicks Prevention Is Best Control Measure Says Expert White diarrhea or the bacillus type is la laa isa isn a n disease that is dreaded In the poultry poul poul- tr try business With the baby chick season here It Is a good Idea to look the breed flock over before hatching from rota them This form turin of ot diarrhea I Is Inherited from the hen ben When lien It appears ap up- pears separate the affected from the lie Hock flock and feed plenty of ot sour milk mille as s this Is on one of the best preventives pre pro nU es for this disease There are le also preparations on the market that will do ilo good but remember that In poultry disease work Its It's always better bet bet- ter ler to prevent a disease than thun cure curo It advises D. D II H Hall hail extension poultry husbandman at nt Clemson college Another form fonn of diarrhea Is caused b. b by allowing the brooder to become too tooh h hot t thus o on overheating e heatIng the tue baby chicks Diarrhea is followed by a pasting up of the vent and the thc baby chicks becoming becom ing lug weak lifeless droopy drool and finally death occurs Chilling will also cause baby chicks to have hl this trouble If It the brooder stove sto Is allowed to go out and remain out for a any 11 length ot of time the result Is usually bad cases of diarrhea and hea heavy losses Overfeeding Is the most frequent cause of diarrhea The baby chicks do not need food until after 50 or 72 hours have ha passed The ho feed should be soft and easily digested Feed small amounts but feed often I. I It Is always better hetter to underfeed rather ruther than overfeed We can eliminate these troubles which cause a loss of 50 per cent of ot our bab baby clucks chicks by adhering to the following rules Breed from fowls fo fr free e from white diarrhea Keep brooders at nt right temperature at all nil times Give plenty of buttermilk each day dar Do not overfeed bulJ baby chicks |