202 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



What not to feed little turks until at least two weeks old is: 

 All or any kind of grain; they cannot digest it. yery likely you have 

 done so and your poults are suffering from indigestion. If so you 

 will find a few drops tincture of nux vomica in the drinking water one 

 of the best tonics for the indigestion. Say ten drops to a good quart 

 of water the first two days, then reduce it to five drops. Give until 

 turks show good, healthy droppings. If you have fed right, with soft 

 feed as stated above, then give Carter's little liver pills, one to a bird 

 at night, but for indigestion caused by incorrect feeding I prefer the 

 nux vomica. The only way to cure a turkey poult and have it back in 

 the flock well in a few hours, is to catch it in the first stages before 

 the trouble materializes into a serious case. This means to watch the 

 droppings every morning and catch the sick poult. 



Pendulous Crop in Turkeys. 



What can you tell about the cause and cure for hanging crop in 

 turkeys, which is a very distressing affair to look at, at least? 



The name for the trouble is "pendulous crop." It is more or less 

 prevalent all through the San Joaquin valley, possibly beyond, and 

 has received some attention from poultry experts. It is not a disease, 

 but is a mechanical affair which may not interfere with the health of 

 the bird until it becomes mechanically impossible for the crop to 

 discharge its proper function. It is believed to be caused by repeated 

 distension of the crop owing to previous overfeeding 1 , or to distension 

 by the gas resulting from slow and defective digestion produced by 

 overfeeding. The condition requires no treatment for fowls intended 

 for the market, as it will not interfere with their health for a moderate 

 period of time. Birds which are of extra value for breeding purposes 

 or otherwise can be treated in this way. First Preventive treat- 

 ment: feeding of foods easily digested and in moderate quantities. 

 Second Local treatment: bathe in cold water in which one table- 

 spoonful of vinegar and one teaspoonful of salt has been added to 

 each pint. In extreme cases a bandage strong enough to lift the wall 

 of the crop, but not sufficiently tight to interfere with the necessary 

 movements of the muscular coat. The trouble may be due to bringing 

 a wild bird so quickly to a course of high living. If the turkey has to 

 fly a few miles to a damp spot for feeding, he probably does not gorge 

 himself so frequently as he might when surrounded by broad acres 

 of alfalfa. 



Round Poultry Worms. 



Give me remedy for worms in my young pullets. Also what is the 

 cause? 



Premises once infested with the common round worm of chickens 

 are almost impossible to clean up, due to the fact that the eggs have 

 been scattered almost everywhere and to the fact that these eggs 

 retain their vitality for a long, indefinite period. The common worm 

 mentioned is the Ascaris Inflexa, which can be killed and expelled 

 from the intestine with five 10-grain doses of Areca nut mixed in the 



