disease may readily be transmitted from the droppings of affected fowls, th 

 primary cause must be sought back to the eggs used for hatching. 



PREVENTION Hatching eggs should always be antiseptically cleaned 

 by wiping in 95% alcohol. (Or use 3% NOX-I-CIDE solution as de- 

 scribed page 68.) If an incubator is used, it should be washed with a solu- 

 tion of CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDE, 1 part to 40 of water, and exposed to the 

 sun. The egg tray should be scalded and washed with the same solution 

 and, if there is burlap in the nursery or elsewhere, it should be renewed. 

 The same precautions should be taken with the brooders. The soil to which 

 the chicks have access should be well disinfected with NOX-I-CIDE solu- 

 tion, dug up often, and exposed to the purifying effect of sun and air. 



If a hen is used for hatching, give her CONKEY'S WHITE DIAR- 

 RHOEA REMEDY as a preventive of the chicks contracting it from, 

 her through her droppings. Also, give .it to laying hens, as the germ 

 coccidea has been found in the white of the egg and in the shell, which has 

 been taken up in the passage of the egg through the cloaca of the hen. 

 This, of course, applies to poultry yards where the disease may have been 

 more or less prevalent. 



While we do not agree with some that the cause of White Diarrhoea 

 is wholly from the unabsorbed yolk in the digestive tract of the chick, we 

 do most strongly advise that little chicks be not fed for the first 48 hours 

 after hatching. This gives the yolk time to be fully absorbed and saves the 

 chick from what would be another favoring condition for White Diarrhoea. 



TREATMENT Give CONKEY'S WHITE DIARRHOEA REMEDY 

 according to directions in the drinking water. This treatment is effective 

 and very easy. 



CONSTIPATION 



This is caused by a lack of exercise and proper food, or by worms; 

 and in the case of chicks a common cause is obstruction of the vent. 

 Often chicks are given too much cornmeal and other heavy food and 

 not enough green food and bulky material. Enlarge the runs if possible; 

 give an increased amount of bran in the mash, also putting in the mash 

 a large percentage of cut alfalfa or cut clover, and give them the sweep- 

 ings from the hay mow to pick over. For medicine give CONKEY'S 

 POULTRY LAXATIVE, either as a laxative, or as a cathartic dose as 

 needed, according to directions. 



CROP BOUND 



This trouble is usually caused by improper feeding. Too much grain 

 in the crop will distend it and impair its functions. It may be the result 

 of the fowl eating a mass of dry grass, or wire grass, or indigestible chaff, 

 etc., which forms into a hard ball and cannot pass beyond the crop. The 

 contents of the crop ferment and the bird is liable to starve with its crop full. 



SYMPTOMS The symptoms are usually easy to discover as the crop 

 is Lard and greatly distended. In some cases, an ill smelling liquid will 

 run from mouth and nostrils. The comb is pale, the beak is open as the 

 pressure on the trachea makes it difficult to breathe, its feathers are ruffled, 

 and the bird has a general appearance of dejection. 



TREATMENT Pour a little sweet oil into the fowl's mouth and force 

 it to swallow. Grasp the legs with one hand and, with the other, beginning 



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