70 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION What is pip and the cure for it ? 



ANSWER Pip is a dry, hardened condition of the tip end of the 

 tongue and is caused by the fowl being compelled to breathe con- 

 tinuously through the mouth by reason of the colds, roup or other 

 disease which closes the nostrils. The remedy is to remove the 

 cause by curing the diseased condition of the nostrils. The hard 

 crust upon the end of the tongue should never be removed, as it is 

 a part of the tongue. Apply vaseline lightly to it. 



QUESTION What are the symptoms of worms and what is the 

 treatment for them? 



ANSWER The fowl becomes dejected and emaciated. It walks 

 with difficulty and may have convulsions. The appetite is abnormal 

 and great quantities of food will be eaten with no benefit to the fowl. 

 P'eed the bird sparingly for a day or two and then give it corn, wheat 

 or other grain which has been soaked for from twelve to twenty- 

 four hours in turpentine. Give no other feed for a day and ad- 

 minister a liberal dose of Epsom salts or castor oil. If the fowl re- 

 fuses to eat the grain, force a small quantity of sugar down the 

 throat upon which has been placed two or three drops of turpentine. 

 A piece of asafcetida the size of a grain of corn is also beneficial. 



QUESTION What are the symptoms of diphtheria and the cure 

 for it? 



ANSWER The exterior symptoms are generally a weakened 

 and prostrated condition. The fowl stands drawn into a ball-like 

 shape and the plumage is more or less ruffled. The mouth and 

 throat are affected with false membranes of a yellow or whitish- 

 yellow color. The eyes and nasal passages may also be affected. 

 Sometimes there is loss of voice, and the air passages in the throat 

 may become entirely obstructed, causing death. These accumula- 

 tions should be removed even to the extent of causing bleeding, after 

 which follow the treatment suggested for roup on another page. 



QUESTION What is chicken pox? 



ANSWER Chicken pox, sometimes called "sore head," becomes 

 manifest in the form of scabby excrescences on the comb, lobes, face 

 and the unfeathered portions of the head. The sores are wart-like in 

 appearance and may become so numerous and serious as to result 

 in .death. The disease is contagious and afflicted birds should be 

 immediately separated from the flock and treated. The trouble gen- 

 erally makes its appearance in wet weather during the summer. 

 Damp, filthy poultry houses increase the tendency toward the dis- 

 ease, and in any event is favorable to its development. The prime 

 cause of it is often mosquito or flea bites upon a fowl whose system 

 is not able to throw off the poison. 



