DISEASES OF CHICKENS TREATMENT 343 



The broken egg being removed, the passage should be syringed with warm 

 oil containing a few drops of carbolic acid and 20 to 30 grains of sulphate of 

 magnesia administered and repeated two or three times. 



Influenza or Cold. 



Influenza, or grippe, is generally applied to a severe cold that has no 

 symptoms of roup. 



Colds mos1| frequently occur in wet weather and among poorly housed 

 fowls. 



Symptoms. The most common symptoms are a "roupy cold" without the 

 "roupy smell" which may or may not be accompanied by a watery diarrhea. 

 The fowl is dumpish and feverish, the eyes and nostrils are watery and there 

 is much sneezing; no patches on the throat. 



Treatment. Warm housing and protection from cold and wet. Give 

 1 grain quinine to an adult fowl. It is well to isolate the birds as the early 

 stages of roup are sometimes mistaken for a simple cold. The fowls are more 

 liable to contract roup when suffering from a cold and on this account, should 

 be isolated and examined often. 



Use equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and water as a wash for mouth and 

 nostrils. 



Put 20 drops of camphor in a teaspoonful of sugar, and dissolve in a 

 pint of water. Give this as the birds' only drink. This often checks the 

 trouble at once. 



Red pepper given with the food is recommended. 



Wash the eyes and nostrils with 3 percent boric acid in water or equal 

 parts of witch hazel and water. 



Immerse the fowl's head in a strong solution of permanganate of potash. 

 This is an excellent remedy. 



Leg Weakness. 



Leg weakness is seldom seen except in a flock from three to six months 

 old. The cockerels are more apt to be affected than the pullets. One of the 

 causes is over feeding of fat producing foods, thus producing more weight 

 than the legs can properly support. The larger the variety, the more tendency 

 there is to leg weakness through feeding. Another cause for leg weakness is 

 the feeding of too little bone and muscle-forming foods. Chicks kept on board 

 floors too long and not given soil to run on are liable to leg weakness. 



Symptoms. The first symptom is a slight weakness of the legs in walk- 

 ing. The gait is unsteady and in a few days the fowl may be found sitting 

 while eating and tries to avoid walking. During the first few days, the ap- 

 petite is not affected but as time passes, the bird is slow to feed and fails to 

 get its share of grain. It is driven about and picked at by the other fowls and 

 at last becomes thin and louse ridden. 



Treatment. Reduce the quantity of fat producing foods to a small 

 amount. Do not feed corn or corn meal. Feed only three times daily. If 

 possible, put the weak birds in a place by themselves. Feed steamed cut 



