Feather-eating Diarrhea 351 



DIARRHEA 



Diarrhea is caused by some irritation of the 

 digestive system. Depression and loss of appe- 

 tite frequently precede it. If the diarrhea is at 

 all serious the excrement may be mixed with mucus 

 or blood. Fowls suffering from this disease should 

 be placed in comfortable quarters and given clean, 

 wholesome food that is easily digested. Foods of 

 gelatinous nature, like cooked linseed meal, are 

 specially recommended. Some poultry men place 

 a high value on charcoal which has been broken 

 into small pieces, about the size of a kernel of corn. 

 This is placed before them and left to the judgment 

 of the fowls to eat what is needed. A few drops of 

 laudanum is recommended in severe cases. 



SALT POISONING 



Salt in small doses, as before stated, is very 

 beneficial, but large quantities may produce death. 

 It is stated on good authority that one-half an 

 ounce to one ounce is fatal to a chicken. Salt fish 

 and some salt meats, and the brine in which meats 

 have been preserved, are specially dangerous. 



Whites of eggs and the liquor of boiled flax- 

 seed are recommended as remedies. Laudanum 

 and finely powdered chalk in water, together or 

 singly, may sometimes be given with good effect. 



