Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-02-26
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ROUP IN FOWLS

B. G. asks in your issue of Dec. 25, 1879.
! what allied his chicks. 1t was roup, and
one fits most malignant torms. The rem
edy, which never failed me. is a compound
of carbolc acid and soda. invented and pat
ented by Nj. Bobeuf Of Paris in 1861, and
named "Phenol sodique." The French
Academy Of Sciences awarded the inventor
the Montyon prize; the minister of war au-
thoriZed trials of this remedy by army sur
geons, who highly recommended it as he
mostatic disinfectant and antiseptic. 1t is
manufactured in tins country by Hance
Brothers and White. Of Philadelphia, under
Bobeut's patent. and can be bought at
druggists n New York at so cents bottle
Of eight fluid ounces. Use one-half phenol
and one-half warm water, but not too warm
as this inj jures the phenol, so does leaving
the bottle uncOrked. Make a Inop by ty-
ing some soft linen or cotton to a stick !;
sWab out the mouth; look for ulcers tar
down the throat, as they sometimes form
between the root of the tongue and the lar
nyX, also at the roof of the mouth also
under the tongue. Take the chicken on
your lap. hold it down with your left arm :;
with the torctinger Of the left hand press
down the lower jaw; seize the tongue with
thnmb and foretinger Of the right hand and
pull it ont gently. This will allow YOU to
look far down the throat and under the
tongue. Wash the ulcers thoroughly, 10
matter if blood should come. Repeat this
twice or three times Il day aud your fowls
will surely get well5
The best preventive against roup is clean
illness, attention TO ventilation. and keeping
only few fowls in &4daek. Almost as i'm
portant is close observation OF the way the
the young chicks behave. Whoever loves
poultry. is charmed With the sprightly,
graceful movements of chicks. AS soon as
a chick mopes by itself, walks about like a
young philosopher in meditation, slowly
and pensively, something is wrong. These
pretty little things, full of quick lite and adj
venturouS freaks remind me of little chill
dren. II these do not ran or get into mis-
chief. something is wrong with them. Take
up such a young chick. open its bill +; if the
rose-bush of health does not overspread
tongue, roof OF mouth and throat, then sep
arate it from the others and observe it.
Pretty soon you will hear a sort OF cough
or sneeze. Give it three drops of tncture
OF aconite, 81 diution, in teaspoonfuI of
water Take il on your lap, open its bill
with your left hand by pressing down the
lower jaw, gently pull up the head SO that
the meek torro> a straight line, turn the
spoon so that its edges toucn the tongue
and roof OF the mouth, and pour slowly. In
this position of the neck the fowl must
swallow. lfyon prefer, you may give the
;conite in the drinking vessel, at the rate of
three drops to one ,eaSpuontul. Repeat
nnrning and night, halt All hour before or
after feeding.
A form OF roup, which succeed the cougl,
and >neeZng after a shorter or longer inter-
val. Is Il discharge from the nnStrils. The
olrd Is quiet, walks about slowly. often puts
is head under its wings. sits on The ground
ion may find the noStrils. or one OF them
moist. 1t may be that dirt lot.ges there.
la healthy fowls dirt does not slick to tht
lostrils or beak. This is catarrh One
'emedy. Whicl, never tailed me. unless there
we're other complications, is Labarrauue'S
solution of chlornated soda | buy it tor
% cents Il bottle, holding u pints Take
me part OF the solution to three parts of
Walter, and apply it with II soft mop, after
having washed the brak with warm water
Then press ontthe pns with the cloth you !
wash The heak with, and apply again. Re
zeal tins twice or three times ii day Feed :
milk and stale bread. well soaked.
Sometimes this form is complicated by |
elbow alterations, winch b. q. spoke Of ;
The tongue is swollen, and coaled with
hlck, yellow membrane; yellow spots ap- {
ear in various places in mouth and throat. {
day or two before the disease assumes /
his malignant for. masses OF frothy mucus /
II the throat. This mucuS yields to Bo- 5
eui's pheno sodique--laIt phennl and halt /
'ater. When the disease is thus coupli- q