part of olive oil has given good results in many cases. When 

 a fowl has a bad case of roup, it is usually better to kill it, 

 unless especially valuable. 



If a chicken has pip, which is a condition of the tongue 

 caused by some such ailment as a cold, which compels the 

 bird to breathe through the mouth, the continual passing of 

 air over the tongue causes it to become dry, hard, and scaly, 

 especially about the tip. The best remedy is to remove the 

 cause, also wet the tongue two or three times a day with a 

 mixture of glycerine and water, equal parts. 



If a chicken has bumble foot, which is caused by bruises 

 on the bottom of the foot, and is often due to the fowl's hav- 

 ing to fly from rather high perches and alighting on hard 

 and uneven surfaces, remove the cause by lowering the 

 perches. Remove the com and paint with iodine but if the 

 foot is swollen and the swelling is filled with pus, it should 

 be lanced and the pus permitted to escape. The wound 

 should then be washed out with a 2% carbolic-acid solution 

 or Pearson's Creolin and wrapped with a piece of cloth. 



If a chicken is egg-bound, which is an irritation of the 

 oviduct, causing the membrane to become dry and deficient 

 in its normal lubrication, an abnormally large egg, or a too 

 fat condition of the hen may cause difiiculty in expelling an 

 egg from the body and produce the condition known as egg- 

 bound. If the egg remains in the oviduct for a considerable 

 length of time inflammation is produced, which finally de- 

 velops into decomposition of the tissues and results in death. 

 Fowls when egg bound are restless, going frequently on the 

 nest, showing a desire to lay, and in general, giving evidence 

 of being in distress. Later they become dull and listless, re- 

 maining in this condition untU death, if not relieved. The 

 egg can usually be felt in the posterior portion of the 

 abdomen. If the trouble is early discovered, inject a small 

 quantity of oil into the vent, and gently try to work the 

 egg out. If this treatment is unsuccessful, hold the lower 

 part of the body in warm water for half an hour, or until the 

 parts are relaxed ; then treat as above. It may be necessary 

 to break the egg, allow the contents to escape, and remove 

 the shell in pieces. After removal of the egg, give soft cool- 

 ing feed. 



Occasionally difficulty in laying an egg causes prolapsus 

 or eversion of the oviduct. When this occurs the oviduct is 

 partially turned inside out and protrudes from the vent. If 

 the egg causing the trouble has not been expelled, remove it, 



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