DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 
portion of body with sulphur ointment (see 
page 9) or dip body of fowl in a solution 
of about 2% creolin. 
MITES (RED MITE) 
A serious pest 
Symptoms. Unthriftiness of birds. 
Cause. A small whitish mite, which ap- 
pears red when filled with blood. These 
mites suck the bird’s blood at night and hide 
during the day in the sockets 
of the perches and in the 
crevices of the woodwork. 
Treatment. Examine the 
fowl house at night. Dust 
hens with an insect powder; 
thoroughly spray houses and 
perches with 5% creolin or 
other disinfectant, and squirt kerosene oil 
or turpentine into cracks and crevices. A 
specially constructed mite-proof perch, or 
one that can be easily removed, should 
be used. 
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THE RED MITE 
MOLTING 
Molting is not a disease, but may prove 
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