Show Is disease causing poultry losses poultry specialists from kansas state sante agricultural college had calls to a large number of farms where the growing chickens were not doing well the usual story Is that the chicks had started out nicely and grew well until four or five weeks of age then they seemed to stop growing their feathers became dull and dirty their shanks and beaks became pale their combs became pale and halt as large as normal and their bodies thin in some flocks almost all of the chicks were affected birds that survive are stunted in size and very susceptible to colds and roup Coccid losis is the disease causing the trouble it Is seldom found in small flocks where natural methods are followed ere the chicks have plenty of 0 range on ground and where their coops tire are kept clean the majority of flocks affected have been those raised on ground bare of 0 tender grass and where sanitation Is not the best the method of control Is in the proper feeding and brooding with special emphasis placed on green feed and sanitation raising chicks on ground free from contamination and away from old liens hens that may be carriers of the disease gives the best results |