PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Symptoms: Lameness, ball of foot calloused. 



Treatment: As far as possible, without bleeding, remove the corn 

 with sharp knife. Apply tincture of iodine. Make the roosts broad 

 and flat. 



III. Affections due to climatic conditions 



Sunstroke, or heat prostration, is not uncommon during the extreme 

 heat of summer. It may be due to insufficient shade, lack of water or 

 to hot, ill-ventilated buildings. 



Symptom: The fowl falls as if paralyzed. 



Treatment: Apply cold water to head, which may be beneficial in 

 mild cases. 



Frosted comb and feet. Fowls that roost in the open in rigorous 

 climates are often affected with frozen combs or f^et. Lack of ventila- 

 tion in roosting quarters and access to free range in below-zero weather 

 are common causes. Fowls should be confined in severely cold weather. 



Symptoms: Parts are stiff and swollen. 



Treatment: Hold affected parts in cold water until the frost is 

 removed. Apply carbolated vaseline to which have been added a few 

 drops of turpentine. Application should be made several times. 



■ IV. Affections caused by improper sanitation and exposure 



Common colds or catarrh arise from overcrowding at night, and 

 subsequent exposure to drafts. A draft on the side of the head affects 

 the eye and results in inflammation and subsequent infection. 



Symptoms: An offensive roupy odor, swelling of eye, discharge from 

 nostrils, matted feathers under wing. 



Treatment: Provide ventilation without drafts and transfer young 

 chicks from coops to permanent roosting quarters, early in the fall. 

 Use a spray and force permanganate of potash into the slit in the roof of 

 the mouth and give permanganate of potash in drinking water. Remove 

 sick birds to comfortable quarters and give each a one-grain capsule of 

 quinine. 



Pip is the hardening of the mucous membrane of mouth and tip of 

 tongue, caused by inflammation or mouth breathing when nostrils are 

 closed by colds. 



Symptoms: Difficulty in breathing and eating. 



Treatment: Open the nostrils and apply glycerine or carbolated 

 vaseline to the hard growth in the mouth. 



Bronchitis. Causes: A drafty building, irritating gases, dusty litter. 



Symptoms: Difficult breathing. Mucus forms, and young chicks 

 are often strangled; drowsiness; drooping wings; ruffled feathers. 



Treatment: Isolate sick birds. Doctor Salmon recommends 10 

 drops of turpentine in a teaspoonful of castor oil. Repeat the dose for 

 several days. One-fourth of this dose is sufficient for chicks. Avoid 

 dusty litter and irritating vapors. 



Congestion of Lungs. Cause: Chilling the surface of the body. 

 Symptoms: Distension of blood vessels in lungs and closing of air 

 spaces; drowsiness; rapid breathing; dark red or bluish black comb. 



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