Minor Ailments of Poultry. 



sick bird with a solution of 25 grains sulphate of quinine to one 

 fluid ounce of water. If after a couple of days in a warm sunny 

 house or coop, out of the reach of draughts, any birds be still 

 unwell, fumigate them at night, as for severe bronchitis, and 

 give each one from two to three pills, according to how ill they 

 are, composed as follows : — 



Lard (fresh liquor) ... ... ... i.tablespoonful. 



Mustard ... ... ... ... ... 2 tablespoonsful. 



Ground ginger ... ... ... ... 2 



Cayenne ... ... ... ... ... i teaspbonfuL 



the whole stiffened with flour. These must be actually put 

 down the patient's throat ; and here it will be as well to say- 

 that in all cases of feeding a bird of any kind by hand the 

 greatest care must be taken not to double up the tongue or the 

 bird will be choked. 



The proper way to feed a bird by hand is to proceed as 

 follows : — Take the bird out of coop, tie its legs together, 

 and place it under your left arm, holding it tight enough to 

 prevent struggling ; open the mouth with the first finger .and 

 thumb of left hand, holding the tongue down ; put the spoon 

 containing the medicine right into the bird's mouth and then, 

 when medicine has been given, withdraw spoon, close 

 bird's mouth, and keep it closed until dose has been 

 swallowed. 



Constipation can generally be very easily cured by giving 

 the bird a dose of from 10 to 30 grains of Epsom salts in warm 

 water on an empty stomach, and by feeding it chiefly on cut 

 " green " bones (these must be absolutely fresh from the 

 butcher), bran and cabbage ; but in case of " stoppage," unless a 

 competent veterinary surgeon can be called in at once, it is best 

 and kindest to kill the bird promptly. 



Consumption, to an ordinary person, seems much like Ijver 

 disease, though there may be no connection between the two. 

 Liver disorders come from impoverished stock and over- 

 fattening food, whereas consumption, though sometimes coming 

 from careless in-breeding, is generally to be traced, to neglected 

 colds or pneumonia. 



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