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BIRDS. 



All breeds of fowls are liable to it, but more especially the 

 Dorking, as the number of toes is attended with uncertainty, 

 and it may be presumed that in many cases it is congenital 

 deformity. 



Treatment.— Bold measures are the best. The bird will 

 certainly get worse if left alone, and failure to cure it leaves us 

 in no worse position. Catch up the afflicted one and, having 

 bathed the foot in warm water, endeavour by continued 

 forceful movements to bring back the ordinary flexion and 

 extension of the joint. Rub in Elliman's briskly with a piece 

 of flannel, and repeat next day and until cured or abandoned as 

 hopeless. 



APOPLEXY. 



Rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, or inside the 

 skull. 



Causes. — Over-feeding, close confinement, the use of spices 

 and other artificial stimulants given to produce eggs in abnormal 

 quantity. 



Tpeatment. — -There is no opportunity of treating those 

 already affected, as they fall from the perch and die immediately, 

 without showing any previous illness. 



Prevention. — Review the whole management of the stock, 

 especially with regard to food. 



Give a dose of castor oil, about a teaspoonful to each bird, 

 let there be a day of fasting and have a thorough cleaning out 

 of the houses and runs. 



Discontinue prepared spices and advertised foods, and use 

 only the simplest food, as a little sop in the morning, and 

 whole oats at night; give them no maize or buckwheat at all 

 for some time. 



The morning meal should be a very light one and the fowls 

 will then get more exercise in search of the food most desirable, 

 i c, insects, worms, &c. If confined in a close run the medical 

 treatment must be relied on and feeding as directed. 



