Show TREATING COMMON DISEASES OF SV ya a ANI V 1111 0 SCALY LEG USUALLY FOUND AMONG OLD FOWLS prepared by the united states depart ment I 1 ot of agriculture in ID spite of precautions diseases and di disorders rde way may invade 1111 the 1 most I danl 11 tary or chicken yard card in most instances it B is not p practicable practicable to attempt to cure one or two sick f ton Is for fop even though they are apparently curd their value as producers or breeders bleeders bre eders will be less ened it or the ill disease a may my reappear and endanger other foft fis fie Is ie it la Is adl advisable to attempt to cure care only boniv aben hen the dis ease Is common throughout the flock or in case of a fowl foot which Is very ild al table and an effective cure seems probable his in addition to keeping the poultry house douse drinking fountains hopper and surroundings clean and sanitary alq ease outbreaks should be prevented from spreading by the immediate t r removal of fowls fowl showing shooting ing signs of di als x ease an antiseptic such as aa potti potassium amat permanganate should then be given give 1 la the drinking water mater of 0 the fowls as described belem belo under the treatment of roup coup the house and equi equipment meet should then be cleaned thoroughly and bior prated ed with a ten per cent a solution of crude car carbolic balic acid or sow some coal tar product in water usually a fowl that la Is not well can be detected by the fact that it 1 is not or as active as the tha others the stands around la in na aa out of the m way my pate place and shows S little disposition to eat remove such a fowl from the lie flock ck at once and if it fr Is seriously sick it should be killed and d the carcass burned rather than hea b buried r i ad roup roup romp Is a h highly ag aly contagious disease spreading from one bird to another very quickly the disease is very common in the fall especially in poor ly ventilated damp houses treatment remove the sick blid to a warm arm well ventilated room that Is free fr from drafts aringe the nos trim by means of a medicine dropper with a solution of one teaspoonful of co common salt it to a quart of water the eyes may be bathed gently with the same eat solution tion grease around the nos t tile and eves area wi with t it pure pale or carbolated vas vaseline idine dissolve disgust lu in each gullon gallon of drinking water ter as much potassium par permanganate age is aa will remain on th the I 1 surface are ot of a dime the flock about should have in no a other drinking water than that containing potassium permanganate gim it is good practice to use uie potassium I 1 permanganate in the drinking water state as a preventive as soon as the cool coal weather begins in the tall fall canker this disease causes cheese like patches to form in the membrane of 0 the mouth and tongue treatment Sp iphill hill it a little sol eul chur in the mouth and throat of the bird another effective treatment con sista late of washing the sore are patches with a mixture of equal parts ot of hydrogen peroxide and water star cholera this Is probably one of the worst diseases that affect poultry for it spreads rapidly and in most cases the cure m is unsatisfactory the usual symptoms of cholera are an as follows the fowl la is troubled with diarrhea the droppings dropping become matery slid and yet yel low or green in color the fowl Is depressed the feathers ruffled and the comb I 1 is a a ither either very pale or very dark owl a affected with cholera usually have a great thirst but poor appetite frequently many BO called cases of cholera are at simply ply 1 diarrhea fowls having cholera usually die within 36 86 hours treatment this the most satisfactory method ot it combating this disease Is 1 to kill and burn alt all fowls fowl that mr are really affected clean blanot and spray all water fountains and ad the house thoroughly with a ten per cent solution of car bolic lee acid it and wis water er or one of the coal tar me products door suld and water the droppings should either be buried rise deep burned or played with the above bp solution limber neck this disease 1 is characterized by the tact fact that the fowls neck Is limp and cannot at hold held the tb head had erect elect the ill ills ease is a for form of food poisoning and 1 fi caused by the fowl a feeding on decomposed flesh treatment newl TI two t toa lot of castor oil ghen to the fowls will hillbourn ill sometimes cals cuie Is them in all cases an ef fort should be mide m ide to find the cause a of the dire disease m chich Is usually a dead lin animal finall or fowl fall that has decomposed old and Is being eaten by the birds all carcasses cai daml casses should should be deeply burled or burned when he found chicken pox a or sore head this 1 Is a very contagious disease that occurs in all classes classe of oe pit P poultry it it may my be told by the yellow the itah 2 or nodules that appear about the beak face and ad comb treatment lit cover the sore in patch patches with carbolated vaseline lm or it if this I 1 Is not at effective a up apply p ly a touch of hiff iodine ine doa diarrhea h a in H hens sm diarrhea Is usually ay caused by a ludt change 1 in the q quantity of food flod excessive cecon green or m food and very hot af pf weather on one of I 1 the he best cures Is to deprive the fowl fool a of f all green or meat foods and wet mashes he and ad read feed it a dry mash and grain fee feed d A teaspoonful of castor oil or sweet oil w with it h 11 five drops of oil of turpentine ad added d will mill frequently check the trouble W white h i t di diarrhea arhea this 1 ia ab probably a b I 1 the most dreaded Y of ch chicken lolle diseases 11 1 on it being very contagious a tocla u a an and it f 0 is I 1 in i its IS re results reits its it con can easily be told by the fact that the chills chicks tend read to it droop coup their wings at are sleepy I 1 in appearance ppe re marc and ad allu show little littie or no desire to eat assume 8 me mine almost a bull ball shape hope and the whitish chith brown blow droppings adhere to the vent et and do fluff causing them to become became pasted mated up q treatment chicks that have reach ed it the advanced stages of this disease should hould be removed killed and burned gapes this trouble is due to the presence of f small it worms borms that have attached themselves to the inside of the chick a windpipe the characteristic symptom Is the th 0 frequent gaping of the chick in its effort to expel treatment due to the fact that are usually found on the ground that has bee been used for far some time as a range lor for poultry the best beat remedy city is 11 to remove a the chicks to I a new r range age the ground so InfeR infested ted should bo be thoroughly limed and plow a ed d a and a it not or used for young chicks for a at t least two seasons almous As aa an individual a treatment n L the worms can firms bal ve be removed d by means of a looped horsehair good results have been ob bained by adding 15 grains of 0 salicylic acid to each quart of dri drinking air ing water ter crop bound board this disorder is caused by the crop becoming overload Ovellow id hil v with till teed fend to toselli much till an extent that the muscular walls wails become partly paralyzed paral and thus unable to work oft off ill the accumulated food the trouble ew can b be told by the tact me that at the crop Is hard bard and firm und protrudes noticeably treatment Ordin ordinarily arly this trouble ran can be ov overcome by P pouring half an ounce of melted lard a or sweet oil all down the throat and working the crop with the head band so BO as aa to how allow the oil or lard afu to in mix with the feed e ad when hen this lit is done the food will usually ready pa pass an may ay in a few fell hours scaly le leg 9 this 1 as more frequently found among old fowls fols old and is 3 lauded by small miles that burrow notice the me scales a of ill the a shanks and feet and ad there multiply esti ply in numbers treatment host oft often asro ln rosene re applied to the fowl 8 0 legs lage and ad feet bill ill be a found BB an effective remedy bumble foot I 1 rumble bumble toot at I 1 is 8 caused by bruises bruise forming on the bott bottom odan of the feet usually due to th the fowls jupi jumping n f from rare f high mosta to a hard floor T to r re move areal luene lower the iwosa boosts 11 when h lah the foot 1 is badly swollen ilem a small it cut should be made da with mith a clean sharp knife and the pus remove removed d was jonh the wound with equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and water grease with vaseline a fee and ad bard bandage with a pines piece of doth cloth |