CHAPTER XIII . 



Health and Sanitation 



It is the right of every creature to be healthy. 

 Health is natural under normal conditions. Unless 

 health is maintained, it will be impossible to suc- 

 ceed in poultry raising. It should, therefore, be 

 the object of every poultry raiser to keep his 

 fowls in vigorous condition so that they may thrive 

 and produce the marketable products sought. 

 Probably the majority of failures in poultry keep- 

 ing' is due to neglect or disobedience of those 

 natural laws upon which normal conditions of 

 health depend. It is a thousand times more im- 

 portant to understand and enforce these laws upon 

 which health depends, than it is to be posted on 

 poultry diseases. 



The truth of this statement is evidenced by the 

 fact that the most successful poultrymen rarely 

 have cases of disease in their establishments. When 

 diseases do appear, they immediately hunt until 

 they find the cause rather than dope the bird or birds 

 and allow the bad practice or neglect to continue. 

 Fowls may be considered to be in health when 

 they have clear, bright red combs, are quick and 

 active in their movements, have good appetites and 

 when the organs of the body act in a normal way. 



From what has been said in previous pages as to 

 management in breeding, feeding, housing, etc., it 

 may be seen that diseases may result from bad 

 methods of breeding, of feeding, of ventilation; 

 from impure food, impure air, impure water; from 



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