BOWEL TROUBLE IN CHICKS 177 



fresh lettuce or tender sprouted oats is very good 

 and much relished. 



Chicks, like human beings, enjoy a boiled dinner 

 for a change, and for this purpose boiled cracked 

 rice, or wheat with a little salt seasoning cannot 

 be surpassed. In every case these grains should 

 be boiled almost dry and fed when cool, but should 

 not be given as a regular diet. 



When the first symptoms of bowel trouble are 

 noticed in the flock take some scalded sweet milk 

 into which mix a little grated nutmeg, and give 

 them all they want of this to drink in place of 

 water. Feed them on boiled rice, sprinkled with 

 fine bone meal, until the symptoms have disap- 

 peared. If this treatment does not check the disease 

 it is advisable to resort to some reliable diarrhoea 

 remedy, separate the sick from the healthy, and 

 thoroughly disinfect the brooder and run. 



After all, it is easier to prevent the disease, by 

 following the foregoing suggestions, than it is to 

 cure it. 



