AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



without an effort, it should be quickly removed to 

 a considerable distance from the main flock and 

 steps immediately taken to bring about its recovery. 

 Always have an isolated hospital for sick birds, 

 whether this be a separate pen or a dry goods box. 

 Never leave an ailing fowl with the flock a minute 

 after the symptoms of disease are discovered. 



If a sick bird is killed by cutting the head off, 

 do it where the other fowls cannot get at the 

 blood, or the disease will surely spread; it is bet- 

 ter to kill the fowl by wringing its neck. Birds 

 that are killed should always be burned; if merely 

 buried in the ground the disease germs may be 

 carried back into the flock by earth worms or other 

 parasites. All excrement from the ailing bird 

 should also be burned or deeply buried in the 

 ground. 



Whether fowls are killed or isolated, a general 

 cleaning up of the premises should immediately 

 follow the outbreak of a germ disease or con- 

 tagious disease. Burn the litter and disinfect 

 everything around the house and yard. Spray the 

 interior of the house and the runs with a fifty per 

 cent, solution of crude carbolic acid or some other 

 good disinfectant, put a few drops of the same 

 preparation in the drinking water, dust air-slaked 

 lime over and under the perches, in the nest boxes 

 and over the floor. Then watch the remainder of 

 the flock, and if any of them show the slightest 



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