Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-10-10
HHh POULHY YARD.
AILMENTS OF FOWLS,


countless numbers, their varied surround
ings, and the various causes which predis-
pose them to sickness-through neglect and |
want, and through the almost incessant
drain on their sensitive and complicated
ovaries to furnish us food, we are surprised
at their general good health.
A German student, of Koniesburg, who
has made the osteology and organism of
fowls a study, says that pulets properly
cared for enjoy health better than other do
nestle animals, by reason of ther active ha-
bits and varied food when allowed full
range. The acids from buds, berries and
vegetables help to assimilate the gluten OF
cereals-and if excess, it too is neutraliZed
by the carbonate Of lime. The structure of
the fowl is so beautifully arranged and har-
moniZed that unless some eXtraneous mat
ter is taken into the system, they are usual
ly free from periodic ills.
We agree with our German contemporary
in the main. Yet complaints reach us from
correspondents about their fowls being dis
eased, While in other localities they enjoy
al immunity from sickness. Now, philo-
sophically speaking, every effect must have
a cause. If fowls OF the same breed Or va
riety are exempt in one neiyhborhood, it is
evident sanitary laws were observed by the
keepers, if diseased in other places without
malarial or atmospheric causes, il shows
tiat the natural laws must have been violat-
&c, perhaps unknowingiy and unsuspect-
ingly. We cannot face the broad fact and
say that fowls won't die nor become diseas-
I'd despits all the sanitary laws in existence.
But what we wish to convey is this that a
large percentage might be saved to poulter-
ers if they observed Il few rules in the rou-
tine Of their breeding, which are at all times
aud in ali places, in perfect harmony and
keeping with nature, viz: avoid in-and-in
breeding as much as possible; bre ed from
none but exceptionally healthy and vigor-
GUS stock; take good care OF the younglings,
for much of their stamina, hardness and
Usefulness depend upon their generous keep
ing while maturing. Keep your stock tree
from yerulil; feed regularly wholesome, va
ried food, but do not overtecd-yiye them
pure water TO drink; have their rOosting
places clean at all times; keep them warm
iii winter and cool in summer; exercise them
we'll and discard old stock, and our word
for it, yon will have fowls as nimbe as crick-
els, playful as kittens, and as musical as
lurks.
There are seasons and local surroundings
trying at times to fowls, but little atten-
| fjnf i'm off
ings, when you enter the lighthouses, if you
hear hoarse sounds at each respiration, you
ave roup cases to attend to. Mornings, eA-
4nine the droppings, and if you see u thin,
creamy looking discharge, you have symp-
onls OF disease, and attend to it in time. If
he droppings look sulphury, wilh granu-
ated appearance, you have Il bad case on
hand. During the day, ii you notice any OF
-FOUR fowls listlessly moping, the body not
swaying with movements of the legs, With
wings trailing and head drawn in, you have
IA sick fowl. Again, If you startle tie bird
Ia little and perceive the head and comb al
. ternately turn red and pale, Willie the eyes
l are watery, and at times q thin film covers
the inner portions OF the same, and there is
5 "a nervous twitchng and contraction OF the
t pupils. these are sure signs your fowls are
4 I'LL aud need your earnest and Kind assist
4 ance.
]. To sum up: prevention is better thar,
e cure. and the best way is to avoid sickness
!by the observance Of the laws Of shealth