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in warm water or the fowls made to stand in warm water, 

 then rubbed dry and a mixture of turpentine and sweet 

 oil or camphor oil applied. 



Apoplexy. Apoplexy is due to the bursting of a blood 

 vessel of the brain. Treatment is impossible, as the fowl 

 usually dies very suddenly without indicating the disease. 

 A fatty condition is usually the cause. Less starchy foods 

 should be fed and more exercise given. 



Limber Neck. Apparent paralysis of the neck muscles 

 is the symptom of this disease. The neck is limp and 

 stretched out in front of the bird with the beak usually 

 touching the ground. It is due to impaction or stoppage 

 of the stomach. A tablespoonful of olive oil or castor oil 

 will usually effect a cure. 



Wry-Neck. In this case the fowl has also apparently 

 lost control of the neck. Instead of the neck being stretched 

 out in a horizontal direction, the head is drawn back and 

 down toward the body, the bird twisting it from one side 

 to the other. This disease is usually associated with an 

 over-fat condition, produced by a lack of exercise and 

 feeding heavily on fat-producing foods. Epsom salts should 

 be given, the ration changed and more exercise furnished. 



Crop Bound. This is indicated by a full and extended 

 crop which is rather hard to touch. Foods of a fibrous 

 nature or indigestible articles such as long, tough grass, 

 which have been greedily eaten, produce crop bound or 

 crop impaction. Irregular feeding may cause the fowl to 

 over-eat at one time and produce the trouble. The 

 materials in the crop become so wrapped together and im- 

 pacted that the passage to the stomach becomes obstructed 

 and the fowl gets no nourishment. Hunger increases, the 

 fowl eats more, and the ball of food in the crop becomes 

 larger and larger. The grain foods swell, causing further 

 distention. The fowl finally dies of starvation with an over 



