The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-15
CHICKENS IN HAWAIl--THEIR
DISEASES AND REMEDIES
The First Bulletin of Experiment Stat
Is Issued by Smith and
Sedgwick.
Station

tainly subjects the blood to a condi-
ton that invites almost any ailment
The droppings voided in one night by
five-WeekS- chicks are no trif1e, and
with young turkeys the odor from
their droppings is said to act as a
deadly poison. If the hen will not take
them to perch when weaving, they can
be taught by placing them on the
perches just at dark for two or three
nights. Until they can be trusted to
perch all night there may be a heavy
litter of dry grass under perches,
which will raise them above their
droppingS to some extent.
| The first ten days in the life of a
chick is rated as one of greater or less
mortality from bowel troubles. EXpe-
rience shows the period between the
fifth and ninth week as one of tria!
while putting on the first coat of
feathers The rapid feathering, which
at six weeks of age has become gen
eral all over the body, must draw
heavily on their strength, so that there
can be but small reserve of energy
With which to combat disease, espe-
cially fever. In the Leghorns the rap
id development of wing feathers has
caused such heavy mortality that clip
ping them to check their growth was
found to be both necessary and effec-
tual. With the Brahmas the tendency
is directly the opposite, being slow in
feathering and apparently willing to
wait for clothing until they have
strong bodies to carry it. From the
age of eight weeks the chick is con-
Stunning larger quantities of food, which
probably furnish a more equal distri-
button of nutrients to the body and
feathers. The larger they grow the
more range they cover in foraging. thus
promoting appetite, digestion and as
simila ton.
Chicks from vigorous parent stock,
well housed on low perches that are
out of drafts and away from cracks in
the wall, free from lice, we'll fed not
overfed), with casionaI diet of raw
meat (as per established feed formu-
as), linseed meal and an abundance of
green food, may be expected to thrive
One may also be on the lookout for the
first symptoms of head disease in it's
season (Which, with the writer, has
invariably been in April, May, June,
July, and at no other time in the year,:
1ut warm, dry, and clean quarters at
hight, with generous diet and a simple
onic, may be trusted as treatment (
any take cold and become roupy, !
lill, burn, and start anew.
DIARRHOEA AND CHOLERA.
Diarrhoea is a common aiIment with
chickens raised in tropical countries, I
nd Hawaii proves no exception. This
disease should be distinguished from ,
holera, which sometimes destroys {
Whole flocks in a short time. The I
ause of simple diarrhoea is found :
generally in improper food or bad /;
water. The bird becomes Ian G
uid and loses appetite, the feathers r
ave a rough and dead appearance, f
nd a general wasting away takes {
lace. .
Remedies-The food should be chang :
d, if that seems to be the cause of the Q
rouble. Fermented food, such as is v
cen in the feed dishes of some yards +
here the mess of the day is thrown y
n the refuse of yesterday, is objection .
BILE. Good, clean, wholesome foods are
ecessary. The drinking water is of +
rhine Importance. 1t is well known +
nat germs of many kinds find a suit n
BILE medium for growth in water that n
as been standing a few days. If a a
ood stream of running water is not n
valuable, carefully cleansed and prop r.
'ly constructed vessels should replace -
lie oyster can or muddy duck trough. h
he water must be changed daily or, G
etter, twice a day. The yards and "
ouses must be kept free from old
and must be kept sweet and !,
can. Ventilation should be good a,
ithout drafts. The climate of the n
opics is so uniform that these pre- ~
buttons may seem unnecessary, but z,
III of temperature of only a few de- fl
'ees, accompanied by a wind, is suffi- w
ent to affect healthy chickens if not L
'operly housed. Scalded milk is W
und very effectual in light cases of
arrhoea. A handful of oatmeal plac-
in the water is found advantageous
i in removing any irritating particles bt