bird will be apparently off its feed, and have a 

 rather sickly apj)earance. It will prefer drink instead 

 of food owing to the high fever present. 



Treatment: Remove as much of the gummy dis- 

 charge as possible that collects on the bill, and use 

 a small pinch of common alum in the drinking water. 

 Alum is the best remedy for Influenza, it being an 

 astringent removes and dries up the discharges. 

 EGG BOUND. 



Young hens and ones laying their first eggs are 

 usually the ones subject to be^ egg bound. It may 

 however affect older birds as well, especially those 

 hens which have been overfed with too fattening 

 food and not getting sufficient exercise. In young 

 birds laying their first egg, which if it be too large 

 or the vent not having enough elasticity to allow the 

 expulsion of the egg, the hen becomes egg bound. 

 Another cause is where the muscular system is weak 

 and the hen not having the power to expel the egg. 



Symptoms: The bird is seen to be very uneasj', 

 flying on and off the nest, raising itself up, then 

 squatting down in the nest and appearing to be 

 greatly excited. The egg can be readily felt above 

 the vent, and if it is not removed will set up an 

 inflammation and cause the bird's death. If attention 

 is not at once paid to the hen, the egg ofttimes 

 breaks inside and a very fatal inflammation follows 

 from the irritation of the pieces of broken shell. 



Treatment: Take a small syringe and inject into 

 the egg passage a little sweet oil. This is usually 

 all the treatment necessary for most cases, but when 

 this does not favor the expulsion of the egg, a pair 

 of small tweezers which have been dipped in sweet 



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