POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 2O3 



Of course the bird under treatment should be isolated and 

 kept in a small pen with soft litter on the floor. 



Broken Bones. 



If a bird is sufficiently valuable to warrant the trouble it is 

 possible to set fractures of the long bones of legs and wings, and 

 get successful union. A splint should be made for the affected 

 part and carefully and thoroughly bound into place. Healing- 

 is rapid, and it should be possible to remove the splints in three 

 weeks from the time they are put on if not before. In our ex- 

 perience firm union has occurred in less time than this. 



Frozen Combs and Wattles. 



In northern parts of the country frozen wattles and combs, 

 especially in male birds, are very common occurrences. The 

 trouble is more apt to be with the wattles than the comb, be- 

 cause the former dip into the drinking water and then freeze at 

 times when if dry, they would not do so. 



The following brief but adequate directions for treating 

 frozen combs and wattles are taken from Farm Poultry, Vol. 

 15, p. 41 : "First thaw the wattles or combs out by manipulat- 

 ing with the fingers well smeared with vaseline. Keep the bird 

 in a cool (not cold) place, and anoint the frozen parts with a 

 mixture of vaseline, 5 tablespoonf uls ; glycerine, 2 tablespoon- 

 fuls; turpentine, one tablespoonful, once or twice a day. If he 

 is not very badly frosted it probably will make no difference 

 with his breeding a few months from now — provided he. is not 

 again injured the same way." 



Anesthetizing Poultry. 



From time to time requests come to the Station for informa- 

 tion regarding the most satisfactory method of anaesthetizing 

 birds. On this account it seems desirable to republish the fol- 

 lowing material extracted from a paper written some time ago 

 by R. Pearl and Frank M. Surface on this subject (Jour. Amer. 

 ^\Qd. Asso., Vol. 52, pp. 382 and 383). 



"The difficulty which we have found to be inherent in anes- 

 thetizing the domestic fowl may be stated briefly in this way : 

 If any anesthetic is pushed to the point at which the bird is in 

 satisfactory condition for operative procedure in about 9 cases 

 out of 10 the bird will die on the table from the effects of the 



