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into the windpipe, or in the ball of one or both eyes. It 

 develops very rapidly. When the seat of the growth is 

 in the windpipe life or death is dependent entirely on 

 whether the enlargement is downward or upward. If 

 downward the bird will choke to death, oftener than not 

 before the trouble is apparent. Birds will be found dead 

 under the roosts or in the yards or nests fine, plump 

 hens. Examination if carefully made invariably dis- 

 closes canker in the windpipe below the opening. 



If the development is outward the bird may be saved 

 if caught in time. Presence of the trouble is indicated 

 by a slight wheeze in breathing, the mouth being held 

 open slightly all the time. The bird will live as long 

 as there is even a pinhole through which to breath. 

 Large plump birds will be observed at times, apparently 

 in the pink of condition, whose bright red combs turn 

 to a dark blue before your very eyes. This is strangula- 

 tion. Quick work will save many such cases. 



Other Diseases 



A cropbound hen usually advertises her complaint. 

 The crop bulges out or hangs downward. We have had 

 them with crops as hard as a stone. It is 'due to some- 

 thing clogging the opening from the crop. 



Limberneck is usually due to ptomaine poisoning, the 

 result of eating decaying matter. The bird loses control 

 of the muscles of the neck and will lie with its head on 

 the ground, the neck stretched out. Again, the neck 

 may become rigid. 



Dropsy and tumors in the egg bag very often run 

 together. Older hens are more likely to be affected than 



