I4 BIGGlyE) POUI/TRY BOOK. 



cases cannot be promptly treated it is better to use 

 the hatchet at once and bury deeply, or burn the 

 carcasses. This is the proper plan in every case 

 where birds become very ill before they are dis- 

 covered. 



Sick birds should in no case be allowed to run 

 with the flock and to eat and drink with them. 



The moment ailing fowls are noticed they should 

 be isolated where they cannot come in contact with 

 well fowls, and thus spread probable contagion. Fre- 

 quently a few days' quiet will right the trouble. 



When homeopathic remedies are used they should 

 be purchased of a homeopathic physician or phar- 

 macy. In administering them to fowls able to eat 

 and drink, fifteen or twenty pellets, or five to ten 

 drops of liquid, may be put in a pint of drinking 

 water, or the water may be used to moisten their soft 

 food. If administered to the sick bird directly, a few 

 .pellets, four or five, or a tablespoonful of the medi- 

 cated water may be put down the patient's throat four 

 or five times a day. 



FEVERS, from colds, fighting of cocks, etc. Symptoms : 

 unusual heat of body, red face, watery eyes and watery discharge 

 from nostrils. 



Give dessertspoonful citrate of magnesia and, as a drink, 

 ten drops of nitre in half a pint of water. 



Homeopathic remedy Aconite,,^, in drinking water. 



APOPLEXY AND VERTIGO, from overfeeding or fright. 

 Symptoms : unsteady motion of the head, running around, loss 

 of control of limbs. Give a purgative and bleed from the large 

 veins under wing. Homeopathic Belladonna, 3. Give a light, 

 non-stimulating diet and keep in a quiet place. 



PARALYSIS, from highly seasoned food and over stimulating 

 diet Symptoms: inability to use the limbs, birds lie helpless 



