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WHITE DIARRHOEA 



WHITE DIARRHOEA, one of the worst di- 

 seases to be encountered in raising chiclts, 

 is generally caused by infected eggs. The Infec- 

 tion is usually contracted from the hen and is in 

 the egg when it is laid. In rarer instances the 

 germs may be only on the shell or about the nesti. 

 Moldy straw, chaff or grain is frequently respon- 

 sible for the infection. 



The obvious deduction is that trouble from this 

 source should be avoided through prevention. 

 Care should be taken that the flocks of the hatch- 

 ing pens or from which hatching eggs are ob- 

 tained, be kept in prime condition. Likewise, if 

 hens are used for hatching, care should be taken 

 to see that they are clean and healthy. 



Never pack the eggs intended for hatching pur- 

 poses in any substance or place where there is mold 

 or where it may develop. Keep the eggs in a dry, 

 moderately cool place. They should be so spread 

 out that the air may circulate around them. 



If the diarrhoea appears after the chicks are 

 hatched there is but little to be done in the way 

 of treatment. Chicks that show symptoms or evi- 

 dence of the disease should at once be removed 

 from the brood. You may try methods of treat- 

 ment for the sick chick, but this is seldom worth 

 much trouble. It is more important to clean up 

 the source of infection as fully as possible. 



White diarrhoea may develop in chicks from one 

 day to four weeks old. About the first symptom 

 is an inclination to droop and huddle up m the 

 brood and under cover. The chick usually sits 

 long in one position, probably with eyes closed 

 and refuses to eat. The wings droop and the 

 plumage loses its lustre. Close watch of the 

 brood for these symtoms will pay, as they appear 

 before the diarrhoea actually shows up. 



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HATCHING WEAKLINGS 

 "|\/rOST POULTRY raisers know it, yet the 

 importance of the advice not to hatch from 

 the eggs of pullets less than eight or nine months 

 old is such that it may well bear repetition and 

 reiteration. Eggs from yearling hens may be 

 used with fair results but to hatch from eggs of 

 younger layers courts trouble. While the eggs 

 hatch well enough, the chicks from such eggs 

 lack vitality and are susceptible to the diseases that 

 beset weak chicks. For breeding purposes two-year 

 old hens are best, as chicks from their eggs are 

 more vigorous and hardy. 



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LAYING CONTEST RATION 

 "C'OLLOWING is the ration given the hens at 

 the Sonoma county Farm Bureau laying contest 

 at Petaluma, California. Scratch feed — 180 

 lbs. barley, 180 lbs. milo, 180 lbs. cracked corn. 

 Mash — 160 lbs. bran, 90 lbs. middlings, 130 lbs. 

 ground corn, 60 lbs. ground barley, 50 lbs. meat 

 scrap, 50 lbs. fish meal, 15 lbs. charcoal, 3 lbs. 

 salt. 



Scratch feed is fed in litter one-third early in 

 the morning and two-thirds early in the after- 

 noon. Mash is fed dry in hoppers and is before 

 the birds at all times. Greens are fed both morn- 

 ing and afternoon in hoppers. 



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CiZE, SHAPE and color of eggs are breeding 

 problems just as much as the number of eggs 

 produced by an individual is a breeding problem. 

 All eggs incubated should be uniformly large and 

 of a color characteristic of the breed. Each egg 

 incubated should weigh at least two ounces. More 

 uniformity in selecting eggs for hatching means a 

 more uniform flock and product. 



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i^ REEN FEED is necessary for hens if they are 

 ^^ to be kept in the best breeding condition this 

 time of the year. Finely chopped green rye or 



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/""LEAN, DARK nests should be provided for 

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 mum of cracked and dirty eggs. 



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"PpREE RANGE is an important factor in hav- 

 ing a healthy flock, but if it is out of the 

 question he sure the birds are made to take enough 

 compensating exercise. 



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TjEGULATION marketing cases make an cxcel- 

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