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November 8, 1924 
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The Henyard 
Scaly Legs in Fowls 
Again and again during the year we 
have questions much like the following: 
“Several of my hens have rough scales 
on their legs. Sometimes it develops 
into a thick hard crust. The hens are 
lame; in some cases unable to walk. 
What is it?” 
The trouble is known as scaly leg. The 
picture is taken from the South African 
Journal of Agriculture and is given with 
the following description : 
“Scaly-leg in fowls is a common disease 
in South Africa; it is highly contagious, 
but fortunately is easily cured. It is 
caused by a minute mite, known to 
science as Cnemidocoptes mutans. The 
mite usually commences to attack its 
host beneath the scales just above the 
toes, and gradually works its way up¬ 
wards. After a short time the scales of 
the legs become displaced and stand out, 
and between them can be seen a whitish 
powder, which is sometimes mixed with 
exuded serum. Eventually, if the infesta¬ 
tion is not. checked, the birds will become 
lame, toes may be lost, and death may 
A Case of Scaly Leg 
ensue. In the advanced stages, the birds 
are usually seen to sit continuously, and 
it will be observed their feet are covered 
with thick crusts. The mites set up irri¬ 
tation, which is indicated by the birds 
pecking the affected parts; occasionally 
the comb and neck are also attacked. 
Other domestic birds, although not so 
susceptible to the disease as fowls, may 
also occassionally be affected.” 
This “disease” is found everywhere. 
For a remedy we soak the legs of the 
hen in warm soap and water and then 
apply an ointment of one part sulphur 
and nine parts of lard or kerosene and 
lard. 
An Egg-a-day Hen 
A Rhode Island hen has laid ”12 eggs 
in 308 days in the Wiltshire County 
Council’s egg-laying trials just completed. 
The hen laid on every day of the 44 
weeks and on four days laid twice. 
The manager of the trials said it was 
thought to be a world’s record. The hen, 
he said, laid every day for a fortnight 
before the trials started and every day 
after they closed until her owner, Guy 
Adams of Purton. took her away. In 
July a Rhode Island Red laid an egg a 
day for 62 days in the National Laying 
Test on the London and North-Eastern 
Railway Company’s farm at Bentley. 
Suffolk, for the Daily Mail gold chal¬ 
lenge cup. 
This was taken from the Daly Mail of 
London, England. We are told that the 
R. I. Red is quite popular in England, 
some poultrymen going so far as to claim 
it is an English-made breed from the 
Island of Rhodes! We are glad this 
American lady in red has given such a 
good account of herself, but sorry she had 
1. Later hatched chicks, during the lat¬ 
ter part of August and in September, do 
not attain sufficient size before cold 
weather to enable them to develop into 
strong, vigorous stock, such as is required 
for profitable egg production, so it is sim¬ 
ply a matter of selling all such chicks, 
both pullets and cockerels, for broilers 
and roasters, which is usually a very un¬ 
satisfactory operation except where a 
special trade can be supplied at fancy 
prices. The reason for this is that nearly 
one-half of all the chickens raised each 
year in this country are dumped onto 
the market regardless of price, as only 
the pullets can be profitably retained on 
the farm. Large quantities of this mar¬ 
ket poultry go into cold storage, to com¬ 
pete directly with broilers which are 
raised out of season. The result is that 
prices are forced so low to the producer 
that he finds it unprofitable to raise mar¬ 
ket poultry of any kind at any season of 
the year. c. s. greexe. 
Stuffed Crops 
Why do hens get large crops and die? 
They act as if they were choking, and the 
crops almost drag on the ground. L. K. 
Oak Ridge, N. J. 
As the result of a depraved appetite, 
hens sometimes eat such indigestible sub¬ 
stances as feathers, dried grass and parts 
of their litter. These may accumulate in 
their crops and distend them to great size, 
resulting in death if the distension and 
obstruction is not relieved. Giving warm 
water or oil and gently massaging the 
distended crop will sometimes so soften 
the mass that the bird can disgorge it; 
sometimes it may be necessary to cut the 
crop open with a clean sharp blade and 
remove the contents, after which the crop 
and skin can be sewn up separately with 
silk thread. If the operation is skilfully 
performed, the prospects of recovery are 
very good; much depends upon the skill 
and care of the operating surgeon, how¬ 
ever. Give fowls charcoal, plenty of 
green stuff, some animal food, like meat 
scraps and skim-milk, and as much liber¬ 
ty upon the ground as possible, and re¬ 
move any birds seen to be plucking feath¬ 
ers from their neighbors and swallowing 
them. m. B. d. 
Fowls “Going Light” 
Can you tell me any remedy for chick¬ 
ens “going light”? I received 100 year¬ 
ling hens a week ago, and each day since 
I have taken one or more chickens from 
the pen in an emaciated condition, so 
weak that they staggered and seemed un¬ 
able to pick up grain. I have had no ex¬ 
perience with this disease before, but it 
seems to me I have heard it referred to 
as “going light.” I do not want to lose 
the entire 100 from this disease, which 
they evidently had when they were ship¬ 
ped. as they have been dying every day 
since received by me. Can you give me a 
remedy or something which will stop the 
disease running through the entire flock? 
Millstone, N. J. c. F. M. 
“Going light” is a term applied to sev¬ 
eral diseases in which emaciation is a 
characteristic before death. Coccidiosi.s, 
tuberculosis and others, less common, are 
I diseases in which this condition occurs. 
Often the poultryman does not note any- 
thng wrong until he picks up a dead bird 
and finds it emaciated and almost without 
weight. Unless the disease is recognized 
before the final stage of emaciation, treat¬ 
ment is of little avail; probably it would 
be of little use in any case, for such 
chronic diseases as tuberculosis and eoeei- 
diosis in adult fowls are scarcely amen¬ 
able to treatment. Birds that are seen 
to be “going light” should be removed 
from the flock and their carcasses buried 
or burned, so that any communicable dis¬ 
ease which they may have cannot be con¬ 
veyed to others. M. b. d. 
to cross the ocean in order to do it. 
Buying September Chicks 
Is it advisable to buy baby chicks in 
the month of September? Will they grow 
strong and be as good a laying chicken as 
those bought earlier in the year? 
Ridgewood, N. J. L. d. b. 
During the Fall months the extremely 
low prices at which baby chicks are of¬ 
fered for sale by many hatcheries seems 
to creat an interest among amateurs in 
raising chicks at this season of the year, 
both for broilers and for laying purposes. 
Like every other branch of the industry, 
a person’s success along this line depends 
to a great extent upon local conditions 
and the skill and judgment used in per¬ 
forming, the labor. 
In about the latitude of New York City 
it is possible to buy chicks during the 
first half of the month of August, and by 
giving them good care on free range, 
where there is plenty of tender grass, the 
pullets will grow and develop into very 
good layers, and the cockerels make very 
good broilers at eight to 10 weeks of age. 
Pullets hatched early in August should 
start laying in January, and run from 50 
to 70 per cent production after February 
Crowded Flock 
I have a flock of 200 White Leghorn 
pullets in two pens of 100 each, allowing 
3 sq. ft. to a hen, and find the strong 
birds are picking the feathers all off the 
heads of the weak ones. The weaker hens 
do not get much chance to eat. I am feed¬ 
ing about 7 lbs. per pen of scratch feed 
per day, which is in proportion to the 
weight of the dry mash they are eating. 
Do you think they should have some kind 
of feed they are not getting, or should I 
increase the scratch feed to 10 or 12 lbs.? 
Do you advise separating them? ii. o. p. 
Walpole, N. H. 
The weaker pullets will do better if 
they can be placed by themselves, where 
they will not suffer from the attacks of 
their more vigorous mates. Perhaps it 
would prove more profitable to cull them 
from the flock altogether. As the pullets 
begin to lay they will need a greater pro 
portion of mash, and I believe it desir¬ 
able to keep it constantly before them 
through the day, in order that they may 
consume all that they wish. M. B. d. 
An Ohio woman has served her hus¬ 
band a pie every day since 1004. The re¬ 
markable thing is not the pie but the 
husband.—Wilmington Every Evening. 
