302 PIP an CHIEF. 



A little care and attention in this respect will 

 shorten the period of Moulting, and bring the birds 

 out in better health and vigor and better plumage. 



Pip or Cliirp. 



Young chickens are affected by a peculiar form 

 of disease termed Pip or Chirp, from the short 

 spasmodic chirups which they make during the com- 

 plaint. The chickens mope about uttering this pecu- 

 liar cry, and seek refuge in solitary places, as it is 

 the instinct of animals and birds to pick at, maim or 

 destroy the sick or maimed among them. The 

 chicken is hot and feverish although trembling vio- 

 lently, and they are extremely tender on being 

 handled, and soon a dark colored, dry horny scale 

 will be found at the end of the tongue, and the beak 

 may turn yellow at the base ; the appe'ite fails and 

 the plume ge becomes ruffled, and they gradually sink 

 and die. It is doubtless caused by exposure to wet 

 weather, as the light down is easily saturated, and is 

 long in drying. The SPECIFIC A A, may be given at 

 first, one or two doses, and afterwards the SPLCIFIC 

 J J, three times per day. The removal of the scale 

 at the end of the tongue is of no consequence. That 

 is not the cause of the disease but the result, and 

 the tongue will come all right so soon as the chick 

 is restored in his circulation and digestion. Of course 

 the birds should be well housed and fed on soft 

 food. 



