Show WORMS WILL CHECK HENS production all fowls are susceptible I 1 in warm weather A flock cock of liens hens infested with worms will III not lay nearly so nanny many eggs as aa a similar loik clolk free from these parasites As a rule worms do not affect chickens until they tire are two or throe three months old but from then on all owls fowls are susceptible to thorn them particularly in warm weather it Is easier to prevent chickens becoming infested tested In with worms than it Is to eradicate them later inter the first and most important step in the prevention of worms notes a writer in the montreal eai cerald Is to practice strict sanitation la in the poultry houses as well its as in the poultry yards poultry yards should be spread at least twice it a year with time lime thoa therk spaded or plowed the poultry houses should be cleaned thoroughly at least once a week not only should droppings boards and roosts boosts be scraped but they should also be dis infected with a good disinfectant feeders and fountains should be washed and dis infected at the same time if possible young stock should be on ground on which chickens have not been tor for two years it Is not enough however to practice sanitation on your poultry plant and then just take it tor for granted that your birds are not afflicted addicted with worms it if the laying flock Is producing poorly if the birds look tired have sharp breast bones and pate pale combs or if the young stock looks unthrifty and Is thin ath lifeless plumage it Is quite likely they have worms the only thing to do then Is to cut open open one or two of the worst locking lookin birds and perform a postmortem post mortem operation er era tion slitting the intestines their entire length if you ind find worms you can be pretty sure that the rest of the flock Is also infested |