10 THE POULTRY DOCTOR. 



Administration of Remedies. 



The easiest way of administering the medicine is to 

 dissolve two or three dozen pellets in a clean dish 

 of pure water, and let the fowls drink it at will. 

 If the disease is of an epidemic nature, like Roup or 

 Cholera, it is well to let them all at it, for, given the 

 correct remedy, it will cure the sick and prevent those 

 still apparently well from developing the disease. 



Another method and a good one, in view of the fact 

 that chickens are nearly always ready to eat, is to dis- 

 solve the medicine in pure water and mix the water 

 with corn-meal or moist food, and feed it to the flock, 

 or the individual fowl, as the case may be. Another 

 method is to moisten a bit of white bread in the medi- 

 cated water, by which means a few fowls may be 

 treated without the trouble of separating them from the 

 flock. They can be driven aside and fed. 



As a rule, where the ailment is confined to one, or a 

 few, of the fowls, it is better to keep them apart from 

 the others, where they can be treated with more care. 

 The pellets can be given dry also, which is an excellent 

 method, if practicable. Homoeopathic medicines may 

 also be had in liquid form, in which case from five to 

 ten drops in water constitute a dose. Many people pre- 

 fer them in liquid form. 



