Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
it viii be found, when this is done, that
the hens will lay better than ever. !"
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it viii be found, when this is done, that
the hens will lay better than ever. y
HOW TO FEED fowls.
Fowls are not fed for the mere sake of
keeping them alive and healthy on the
least possible amount of food. We wish
to convert the food into food, or into
eggs. In feeding for quick fattening it
is understood that poultry should be made
to eat as much as possible. Our rule for
feeding is to throw out the feed twice a
day as long as the fowls viii run after IT
and no longer. We are told, and it is our
experience also, that fowls thus fed viii
eat considerably more than if they can go
to feeding-box and help themselves at
all times We want the fowls TO eat; the
more they eat, within reasonable bounds,
the more eggs they will lay, the longer
they will lay, and the better condition
they will be in. Laying fowls should
take exercise. If they can go to a trough
and cat at any time they wish, they will
take next to none If they are fed but
twice day, they viii hunt insects and
wander much more. If fed soft feed,
such as wheat bran mixed with corn meal
or ground oats, they will be hungry again
in two hours after feeding and be off after
insects, etc. Give feed, then, only to
adult fowls while they will run after it
soft feed morning, whole grain at even
ing. Keep them supplied with gravel,
lime, clustering, or, better, oyster shells)
ashes to dust in, and fresh, pure water,
some meat in winter, and they will be
healthy and prolific.
THE RoUP AND GAPEs.
To cure roup, take half apound of must
ard and one teaspoonful of Cayenne pep
per, mixed with lard enough to form into
pills; give the fowl pill the size of a
chestnut, night and morning, until it is
cured. If the case is very bad, double
the dose, wash the head frequently with
CASTLE soap and warm water, and feed on
bread soaked with water.
Another remedy Take equal parts of
Labarraque's Disinfecting Fluid and wa
ter, with this wash the eyes Gf affected)
and nostrils of the fowls, taking care that |
they inhale as much as possible of the
fluid. They may faint, q have had them
do so, but they soon get oyerit, then turn
them out in the fresh air and sunshine,
feed on warm, soft feed, made of corn
meal in which some Cayenne pep
per has been mixed. l generally
give a dose of castor oil,
every other day, two doses are usually |
sufficient. Labarraque's Solution, (Chlo- |
rinated Soda), diluted with two or three
parts of water, is highly recommended as
wash for the heads, mouths, eyes and
Threats, by those who have used it. The
writer has opened the eyes of fowls
closed by roup and let drop of solu-
ton of Sulphate of Zinc q grain to
ounce water) fall into each eye; this re-
peated two or three times daily, if begun
in time, has invariably been successful il
restoring the sight in day or two.
A preventive: One pound of Sui
phate of Iron, one ounce of Sulphuric
Acid, dissolved in a jug with hot water,
then let it stand twenty-four hours, and
add one gallon of spring water; when
fit for use, one teaspoonful of the restOra-
tive to pint of water given every other
day to chickens, and once week to old
fowls makes roup and gapes a stranger
to your Yards.