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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT 
OF POULTRY DISEASES 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES 
DIARRHEA IN YOUNG CHICKS: 
Cause and Symptoms—Unsuitable food, no grit 
to aid digestion. Brooder too cool, allowing chicks 
to chill. 
Remedy:—Feed mash of finely minced, hard boil¬ 
ed eggs, also cooked rice and cooked vegetables; 
use Germozone in all drinking water and keep 
grit constantly before them ; disinfect the prem¬ 
ises with poultry dip. A permanent cure results. 
EGG EATING: 
Cause and Symptoms—Kept on frozen or un¬ 
plowed ground; no shell making material to be 
found. 
Remedy:—Feed constantly crushed oyster shell 
and granulated bone. 
GAPES: 
Cause and Symptoms—Worms in windpipe of 
young chicks. Picked up in grass, soil, and filthy 
drinking water. Wings droop. Head up, accomp¬ 
anied by sneezing, gaping. 
Remedy:—Remove infected chicks to clean ground 
and administer Conkey’s Gape Remedy and keep 
premises well disinfected with Conkey’s Nox-I- 
Cide, or Dr. Hess’ Dip and Disinfectant. 
LIMBER NECK: 
Cause and Symptoms—A form of poisoning caus¬ 
ed by eating decomposed meat, etc. Fowls can’t 
hold neck straight; neck twists and fowls 
stagger. 
Remedy:—Pour medium warm water down throat 
until crop is full ; holdhead down and work con¬ 
tents of crop out of mouth ; repeat 3 or 4 times; 
then give 2 tablespoonsful of castor oil and 2 
of milk; feed mash sparingly and keep fowl 
quiet. Use grit in feed troughs; use Conkey’s 
Limber Neck Remedy in all drinking water. 
OBSTRUCTIONS IN THROAT: 
Cause and Remedy—Trying to swallow too large 
particles of food. Choking. 
Remedy:—Pour down the fowl’s throat 1 to 2 
teaspoonsful of olive oil or sweet oil; massage 
throat until substance is worked out of mouth. 
APOPLEXY 
Cause and Symptoms—Eyes dilate, head hangs 
down, wings droop, beak drips, comb blackens, 
stiff neck, brain enlarged or broken. 
Remedy:—Bleed by cutting a toenail of each 
foot; drench the head frequently with cold water, 
until disease abates ; for a few days, feed damp¬ 
ened bran and skimmed milk ; disinfect the prem¬ 
ises with Conkey’s Non-I-Cide or Dr. Hess’ Dip 
and Disinfectant. 
BUMBLE FOOT 
Cause and Symptoms—Sores or callous caused by 
jumping from too high perches. 
Remedy:—Lower the perches, lance the swelling 
crosswise and remove the pus and hold the feet 
two minutes in Conkey’s Nox-I-Cide, or Hess’ 
Dip and Disinfectant, diluted as directed. Keep 
fowl out of the dirt. 
FROSTED COMBS: 
Cause and Symptoms—When in cold weather 
combs freeze, turn black and become sore. 
Remedy:—Bathe the comb with Germozone or 
Camphorated Oil. 
CHICKEN POX: 
Symptoms—Scaly pimples form on head, face, 
neck, etc., very contagious. 
Remedy:—Dip fowl thoroughly with Poultry Dip, 
as directed. Thoroughly disinfect the premises. 
SCALY LEGS: 
Cause and Symptoms—Scaly formation on feet 
and legs, insects found under each scale. Very 
contagious ; due to filth. 
Remedy:—Hold the fowl’s legs in Conkey’s Nox- 
I-Cide or Hess’ Dip and Disinfectant two min¬ 
utes, as directed. It rarely fails and will cause 
legs to appear normal. Grease legs weekly for a 
month, the scales will drop and leave the legs 
healthy. Burn old perches—the scabies are on 
the roost. 
HEAD LICE ON SMALL CHICKS: 
Cause and Symptoms—Contaminated from the 
hen. 
Remedy:—Use head lice ointment, a never-failing 
remedy. 
SWOLLEN HEAD, WATERY EYES, REDNESS, 
FIRST STAGE OF ROUP. 
Cause and Symptomsi—Caused by dampness, 
drafts and filth in winter; in summer by lack 
of shade or protection from extreme heat. Swelled 
head. 
Remedy:—First remove, then use Germozone as 
directed. Hold the fowl’s head under water until 
it starts to strangle. It will then reach all dis¬ 
eased parts. Use Conkey’s Dip or Dr. Hess’ Dip 
and Disinfectant to thoroughly disinfect the 
premises. 
ROUP: 
Cause and Symptoms—Same as above, advanced 
stage. Swelled and inflamed head, breathing bad ; 
offensive breath and discharge at mouth and 
nose: eyes red and canker spots on throat. 
Remedy:—Use Conkey’s or Dr. Hess’ Roup Rem¬ 
edy in water. Hold head under water until starts 
to strangle. Disinfect thoroughly with Conkey’i 
Nox-I-Cide or Dr. Hess’ Dip and Disinfectant. 
Clean out nostrils and inject Camphorated Oil. 
