174 Intestinal Worms of Chickens 



thorn in the foot. Diarrhoea may or may not develop. Then the chick- 

 en loses control of its muscles, falls over and tumbles around. Even- 

 tually, it lays on its side, the muscles become rigid and it dies as though 

 paralyzed all over the body. The chickens live from 3 to 7 days after 

 the lameness appears. 



Many flocks are wormy that have no loses in them. These worms 

 can be found by opening the intestines and is the best evidence of this 

 disease. 



TREATMENT 



Following is a formulae for the eradication of worms from the in- 

 testines. No more losses should be suffered 4 days after the first dose 

 is fed. It is safe, easy to give, and efficient. 



(Epsom salts) magnesium sulphate, 5 ounces. 



(Magnesia) Magnesium oxide, 1 ounce. 



(Copperas) iron sulphate, 1 ounce. 



Flowers of sulphur, II/2 ounce. 



Ground ginger, 1 ounce. 



Make a dry mash of equal parts of corn, bran and shorts. Put 1 

 rounding tablespoonful of the above foJtmula in one gallon of the mash. 

 Do not feed more mash than the birds will clean up in 20 minutes. Feed 

 the mash every morning with the drugs in it fox three days, then discon- 

 tinue until needed again which may be in a few weeks or in a year. The 

 yards should be covered with quick lime where they are small, the larger 

 yards may be plowed under and put to green crop as wheat, rye or oats. 

 Santonin 10 grains, powdered areca nut, 15 grains, given to 10 chickens 

 in small pills with butter, followed in 6 hours by I/2 teaspoonful epsom 

 salts in a mash is another good worm formulae. 



14 to 1 teaspoonful of epsom salts dissolved in water may be given 

 each bird followed by l^-o teaspojonful of turpentine. The amount to give 

 depends on the size of the bil"d as well as the age and breed. The salts 

 should be given 12 to 15 hours before the turpentine. Turpentine is the 

 best remedy for tape warms. 



Liquid medicines may be conveniently given birds by using a rubber 

 tube such as is used to carry gas in the cities. These tubes are about 

 Vi of an inch inside diameter. Insert the tube in the liquid which is in 

 a bottle, place the fore finger over one end of the tube and withdraw the 

 proper dose from the bottle by raising the rubber tube out of the bottle 



