The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-15
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was discontinued, thereby giving fuOl
fresh air to the flock. Soon after Their
. came an unusually windy night, whic
left it's imprint on the flock in unmis
taxable signs. They began sneezine
and the eyelids and face were much in
famed. They were treated with aconite
But in few days there came the ia
> miliar marks of the head disease
which at it's first appearance was treat
ed for chicken pox with remedy fo
that disease in chickens) obtained from
a California poultry raiser-Rhus toxi
codendron and hepar sulphuris Qivel
of sulphur) in the drink, and chloro
naptholeum on the affected parts-ant
the whole flock confined to insure reg
lular treatment. Five of the flock dice
before the scabs had developed or
them, apparently from exhaustion
Some died long before the scabs began
to close their eyes; others held on sew
ieral days after their eyes were closed
A few had canker in their mouths,
and nearly all had watery eyes. Treat
ment availed but little-even the vine
gar. soda and salt failed. Out of the
/ 49, u died of their cold, or chicken
poX, or both. OF the remaining z, 4
seemed to have passed lightly through
the chicken poX, only to Succumb to
| the cold which accompanied it, and
which had by that time developed into
a roupy stage, there being a thick,
colorless fluid discharge from eyes and
noStrils which kept them shaking their
heads to rid the eyes of the accumula-
ton, then wiping their faces on back
and wings. Three of the chicks sur
vived. One passed through the siege
with but the slightest touch of the
disease apparent; suffered no check in
growth, and developed into fine pull
let. Another came safely through the
pox, but continued snuffling for three
months, and was somewhat stunted.
The third came slowly through both
poX and cold and was severely stunt
ed.
A single healthy chick of another
brood, two weeks younger, was placed
with the affected flock, and in about a
week developed the fatal symptoms. In
the third week it died of the head dis
cold. In this chick the first symptom
observed was a lump on the beak, at
its juncture with the face, which soon
turned to a scab, as in the others.
The last hatch of the season, in Au-
gust, showed no sign of the disease and
rapidly.
In the adult fowl the experienced
has his first warning of
internal disorder by the condition and
color of the comb, which in health is
a bright red, but in disease this red
may become pale to whitish or deeper
to blackish. In chicken pox the comb
becomes the apparent seat of the
disease, a typical case of which was
in the male bird of a trio
that had been cooped in a crate 80
inches square for thirteen days en-
quite from San Francisco to this port
Honolulu). The two females were in
,ad condition with cankered mouths on
trivial. The male showed but a Slight
ouch of canker, and seemed well for
Lbout two weeks, when gradually his
.omb, wattles, and ear lobes became
lotted with eruptions, which increased
n size and finally covered the whole
urface of each part, closing his eyes
md facilitating him generally. He {
would not eat, so had to be fed. Treat
nent was by dipping his head, at
light, into a pint of Iukewarm water
n which was a tablespoonful of pro-
rietary poultry remedy, drying care
uliy, and placing him where he would {
'e warm and out of a draft. Four
avs attention brought him out safely I
nd he soon regained perfect health.
he hens showed no sign of pox, but 1
heir mouths were wedged with canker. 6
While this trio were cooped and con-
forced to breathe an atmos- !
here tainted with their own drop I
ings, whether of several nights accu- G
lulation or of a single night, their G
lood must have been severely tainted
nd called for a reckoning. a SubSe- I
uent Importation, being a week in
ransit, soon developed the same symp-
oms, but in much less aggravated
orm.
1t is not uncommon for half-grown
hicks, at the age of four and five
lonths. to show eruptions on comb
nd wattles. which develop quickly in
, scabs drilling in size and number,
ut none the less a reality, turn black,
nd in few days drop off, or, if lifted
#. show the same inner surface of
bots as found in the smaller chicks
18th head disease, and in the adults
trough the slight attack the half
rown fowls seem listless for a few
avs, but rally rapidly with a little
mic in their drink. This indisposition
said to be due to the feathering
rocess-''the putting on of the final
athers. the freedom suit, so to speak,"
noting from Mr.. l. X. Felch in his
Poultry Culture"
In the writer's experience there seems
1t little needed TO establish the iden-
ty of the head disease in chicks as
lie same affecting adult fowls. The
n the fowl there is a full coat of
athers to keep the body warm
rough the course of the disease. But
e chick is only half-clad. and more
iDie 10 aud q colo To the fever ac-
mpanying the disorder. unless COM
etely protected against the cold night
r The head disease by itself has not
oven serious, in the writer's flock.
,edinS only simple precautions: but
TN a cold the result is probably no
IS serious than would be the case
child having the same complica-
Precautions and safeguards are more
De relied upon than medical treat
ent' less fatiguing. and more salts
Glory in results. The first precaution
ust be TO house the chicks. when
aaned. in comfortably warm brood
even in this climate Although a
ck cannot all be lowered at once bv
g hen. when nearing the weaving
e. they can, when cold, crowd them
ives in and out often enough to avoid
complete chill. While without the
n II exposed to cold air, they must
dure II all night by budding into
rner' those on the outside steaming
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