RELIABLE POULTRY REMEDIES 



be fed freely with no danger of harmful results if the chicks have plenty 

 of raw vegetable food. 



One other common cause of diarrhceal troubles in chicks is breeding 

 from debihtated and unhealthy birds or stock that is not in the best con- 

 dition. The diarrhoea itself is not inherited but the chick coming into the 

 world with a weak constitution is unable to resist the disease and so falls 

 a ready victim. 



To Prevent Disease Remove The Cause 



Crowding chicks into too close flocks and using brooders or brood coops 

 that are filthy with the excrement of the last or earher broods are common 

 causes of disease. It is a wise plan to never put more than fifty chicks in 

 one flock, as this is about as many as it is possible to care for properly in 

 one brood and give the chick an equal chance with the others. 



All of the above mentioned causes are easily preventable and if guarded 

 against, diarrhoea will seldom make its appearance in a flock. Pre'^entive 

 treatment may be summed up as foUows : 



Breed only from sound, healthy, vigorous, well-matured, hardy stock. 

 Keep the eggs at a temperature of not lower than 40 nor higher thap 50 

 degrees, wtile saving them for hatching. Incubate only fresh, well-formed 

 eggs. Keep the chicks quiet and warm for the first 24 to 36 hours after 

 hatching, and give no food during this time. Give the chicks an oppor- 

 tunity to properly balance their ration from the start, seeing that they are 

 supplied with all necessary food at all times. Be sure that they are com- 

 fortably warm and that they get a plentiful supply of p\u-e fresh air. Avoid 

 exposure during the first week as chicks are very susceptible at this time. 

 After they are ten days old they are, if properly trained and cared for, past 

 the most dangerous period. If -diarrhoea makes its appearance in a flock 

 it may be frequently checked by simple home treatment. 



How To Treat Diarrhoea In Chicks 



One of the most satisfactory plans of treating diarrhoea when the first 

 symptons are noticed is to give the chicks all they will drink three or four 

 times a day of scalded sweet milk to which has been added a little grated 

 nutmeg. On the following day they may have a little cracked rice that 

 has been thoroughly boiled and lightly seasoned with salt. Let the rice 

 cool before feeding, and scatter over it a very little raw bone meal. The 

 scalded milk and nutmeg may be continued. If the chicks have not been 

 supplied with raw vegetable food, cut a raw potato into large pieces and give 

 it to them to pick at. 



Should the diarrhoea persist, obtain from any homeopathic physician 

 or any homeopathic pharmacy some tablets of mercury bi-chloride, 1-1000 

 of a grain drug strength each, and dissolve 10 of these in each pint of drink- 

 ing water, allowing the chicks no other drink. 



Keep the chicks confined close to the brood coop or brooder while under 

 treatment. Be sure that they have an opportunity to get comfortably 



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