RELIABLE POULTRY REMEDIES 



the birds from sources of contagion and especially be diligent in having 

 all houses clear of filth. 



According to Dr. Woods the best remedy is to use a saturated solution 

 of naphthalene flakes in kerosene. Dissolve in kerosene all it will take up 

 of the crude naphthalene flakes. Dip the legs in this solution, being care- 

 ful not to get the fluid on to the soft parts as it will blister if it reaches the 

 tender skin. Give the treatment in the morning. After dipping the legs 

 wipe off any excess of the fluid and put the bird in an outdoor run, or down 

 in the litter where it can go to exercising. Do not permit the bird to go to 

 roost or to squat down in a dark place, as the legs wet with kerosene will 

 saturate the feathers along the breast and thighs with kerosene, and if the 

 bird remains quiet in a warm place for any length of time with the wet legs 

 against the body it wiU cause blistering, just as kerosene applied to the 

 human body on a piece of flannel would raise a blister. Please be careful 

 in this regard when using this remedy for scaly-legs. The bird may need 

 more than one treatment. Give treatments one, two or three days apart 

 according to the severity of the case. If carefully applied the remedy will 

 effect a permanent cure and prove entirely satisfactory. After one or two 

 applications the scales will come away quite easily. When the legs are 

 fairly clean they should be washed in soap and warm water. 



DROPSY OF FEET 



This may be due to a gouty or to a sluggish condition of the circula- 

 tion. Anjrthing that holds back the return circulation of blood, whether 

 a congested liver^'or pressure of a tumor, tends to increase the size of shanks 

 and toes. Freezing of the feet is followed by a dropsical state of the parts 

 involved. Crowding with food, or furnishing no incentive to exercise, 

 tends toward appearance of this trouble. Unless there is serious organic 

 disease that causes enlarged legs, plain (unstimulating) food, _green vege- 

 tables in abundance and a dose or two of castor oil will improve and probably 

 cure the disease. As the legs reduce in size, provide more and more exercise to 

 stimulate the functions of the entire body. Brooder chicks, developing 

 this condition, need to be fed their grain in barn chaff or finely cut straw. 

 Overfeeding and no exercise are the usual causes of dropsy of the legs of grow- 

 ing chicks. 



BUMBLE-FOOT 



Bumble-foot is a tender, inflamed condition of the bottom of the foot, 

 involving the tissues lying beneath the skin and usually is accompanied by 

 the formation of matter. In the very beginning of bumble-foot there is a 

 slight thickening of the sole of the foot, with some tenderness of the irrita- 

 ted layers. Pressure is increased, the blood supply is shut off, pus forms 

 and has a tendency to work out into other parts of the foot or leg. In most 

 cases bumble-foot seems to be the result of a bruise, as the general belief 

 of poultrymen is that it is caused by jumping from the high roost onto a 

 hard floor. I have known several cases where the birds h.ave never been 



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