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failin g that, try bleeding by cutting the large 
vein under the wing. 
Bronchitis. — Fowls affected with this complaint 
give a short, dry cough, generally noticeable at 
night, whea on the perch. If unaccompanied by 
any other symptoms such as swollen eyes, dis- 
charge from the nostrils, or gi-owths in the mouth, 
it is simply a form of cold, which is generally 
cured in two or three days by keeping the fowl in 
a warm coop, fed on soft food only, and add a 
few drops of aconite to the drinking water. This 
complaint must not be confounded with roup, 
■which is described later on. 
Bumble Foot. — This starts with a corn on the 
sole of the foot, caused by hard or stony fowl 
run?, or by birds having to jump from high 
perches on to a hard floor. If noticed when only 
the thickness of the skin, it can be cured by 
paring and removing bird to a soft or sandy run. 
But if neglected for some time the corn increases, 
eventually going right through the foot and 
swelling up considerably on the upper part of the 
foot, causing great pain and impediment in moving 
about, besides being very unsightly. When it has 
reached this stage it is very difficult to cure ; but 
it is cruel to allow a fowl to go hobbling about 
with this distressing complaint. Great relief may 
be given by penning the bird up in a coop thickly 
covered with straw and poulticing the foot until 
the parts become quite soft, when the yellow, 
cheesy matter can be squeezed out ; but as this is 
tedious work, it is much better to take the small 
blade of a sharp penknife, insert it right through 
the bad part and cut outwards, completely sever- 
ing the webb in two ; it will bleed freely, but if 
tlie operation is done under a running water-tap 
blood will soon cease to flow. All the yellow 
secre'ious can then be removed, and when all are 
taken away thoroughly wash out with strong 
phenyle and water, apply crude phenyle to the 
WO'inds, and carefully bind up the foot with linenl 
bauds, tyingeach one separately, so that the fow. 
cannot peck them off ; the bird then should only 
be allowed to run on sand or straw until th« 
wound is healed 
Chicken Pox. — This complaint is very common 
in this State; chickens aird young birds urider 12 
mouths old are very subject to it, old ones being 
seldom affected. It comes in the form of warts 
on the comb, face, and wattles. Fortunately this 
nasty complaint is very easily cured : an unfailing 
remedy is to paint the warts with crude phenyle, 
one or two applications being sufficient. 
Cholera is anoth.er freq.ieut complaint in this 
warm climate ; sometimes only individual birds 
are affected, and at ocher times large numbers. 
Tiie symptoms are dulluessof eye, ruffled plumage, 
staggering gait, general weaknes.«, intense thirst, 
compltile los.-: of appetite, droppings of a slimy 
greenish colour at H'st, then turning white or 
creamy. This disease comes on suddenly, and 
frequently kills off Ijirds very quickly. The first 
intimation of its pre5ence is tlie finding of 
several dead fowls, and others lying about in- a 
helpless condition. All affected fowls should be 
immediately caught and koj)t in a warm coop. 
An effective remedy is chlorodyne; potir u few 
drops on a dry crumb of bread, and give every 
three or four hours ; give little or no water ; but 
as fowls are generally very weak and will not 
feed, it is necessary to keep up their strengtli, 
and for this purpose nothing is better than 
bcaten-up egg, which can be administered by 
means of a tea-poon or small syringe. Suuburnt 
or dirty water, putrid meat, want of shade, and 
filthy surroundings are the chief causes of this 
disease. 
Cold or Catarrh. — This complaint is one of the 
commonest, and is very frequent among young 
stock; although not serious if taken early, it is • 
a great nuisance, and retards growth. Late- 
hatched chickens are more subject to it than the 
early and more hardy stock. It generally goes 
through the majority of the young birds, and is 
very catching, but if the first bird affected can be 
spotted and killed at once the complaint is nii>ped 
in the bud. The symptoms are a slight watery 
discharge from the nostrils, which if neglected 
becomes thicker, and in course of time develops 
into roup ; the eyes are often inciiued to be watery 
and puffy. 
All affected birds should be removed to tlie 
hospital pen, and there fed chiefly on good nour- 
ishing soft food, but little grain, and plenty of 
greenstuff ; add to the drinking water aconite, 
sulpliate of iron, or any of the well-known 
advertised poultry tonics. Eich bird should bp 
handled daily, and the nostrils washed out with 
some an! i-eptic, such as permanganate of potash 
(Condy's Clirystal?) or phenyle ai:d water, alway.s 
taking c:ire to thoroughly dry off all moisture. 
Under this treatment birds improve rapidly, but 
with some it is impossible to quickly get rid of 
the affection ; a thin, watery fluid continues to 
exude from the nostrils. Such birds, if they e:it 
well and are of good constitution, may be turiu=!d 
out of the sick pen after about 10 days' treUmeut, 
and it will generally be fauna that they shake off 
the complaint in a few weeks, especially if the 
weather is in their favour. The birds that get 
worse and develop roup, if not valuable, might as 
well be killed off. 
Canker. — There are two forms of this complaint ; 
the first is on the comb. The large-eambed 
■varieties such as Leghorns, Minorcas, and Au- 
dalusians are most subject to it, especially the 
cocks. Hens pecking at the comb cause a sore, 
which frequently turns into canker; it starts with 
a small yellow scab, which soon spreads and eats 
into the comb, leaving a hole and causing the 
comb to hang over. The other form of canker is 
a yellow growth round and sometimes down the 
windpipe. To get rid of this disease, -when in the 
throat, re'inove the growth witii a pointed stick 
or pair of tweezers, and paint with the following 
mixture: — 
1 drachm carbolic acid 
8 drachms sulphurous acid 
5 oz.Miucture perchloride of iron 
I c:z. glycerine. 
Chlorinated soda is also a guod remedy, especially 
when the comb is affected. 
Cro}) Bound is due to a hungry fowl being 
allowed to indulge too freely on hard grain, It 
