Show BEST TO CUT OUT HENS safest method Is to raise new flock it is generally conceded that the fowl foil tuberculosis germ la Is not carried in the eggs and therefore eggs tire are perfectly sate safe to use even though the hens laying them are in the earlier stages of the disease tile the tuberculosis germ gena Is one that Is quickly killed by heat hence cooking would destroy such germs even if they were present we vc doubt if it la is advisable to keep a flock of hens having tuberculosis to any considerable extent allan or fowl tuberculosis affects chiefly the liver and other digestive organs the disease Is communicated by food or water contaminated by bowel discharges hence when it a large number have hare tile the disease keeping the healthy looking fowls usually means perpetuation of the disease for one by one those that have the germs in them will reach the consumptive stage and scatter more infection if you want to keep pullets or healthy looking young hens you should confine them to a yard that an can easily be made safe by changing tile the top soil let the of the range begin at once there Is a tuberculin test by which the disease can be weeded out of a flock in the course of two or three years but unless the lock flock Is a valuable one tile the bet better t plan Is to change completely beginning with chicks and raising them on clean ground nebraska farmer |