The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
White DiarrhOea.


This is a disease not as common with
southern breeders as in a colder climate,
at least you do not see much mention
of it in our poultry journals. Several
cases will appear year after year, but
| note these are mostly from northern
grown stock, and it appears in more
modified form with not the resulting
fatality Am inclined to think that
roup, in ancestry, has something to do
with it. Of course, as many scientists
have made, and are making, a study
of this trouble, it can't be expected that
my say is conclusive. At the same time
I make my studies, too, and make post
mortems, never being satisfied to let
things go without trying to find cause !;
in this way I've found chicks covered
inside with a white substance-liver,
heart, lungs and intestines-and as other
chicks from this same sitting developed
roup symptoms at an early age, my
thought seemed to me not without some
reason.
Non assimilation of yolk is cited also,
and it may be, and can happen, before
the egg is Matched by being thrown
aside, chilled and again drawn under
her. It has been thought as more espe-
ciallv a brooder trouble, but occurs under
hens. Just the same. You know the
last thing before Matching the yolk is
withdrawn into the body. Last year
I put a chick with hen, having part
of this as large as a pea, still remaining
outside, and picked up time and again.
nothing happened, and she was the
smallest one of the bunch, and easily
kept track Of so in her case, the non
assimilation had no effect. This year
in a purchased sitting, a chick was noted
with wet down, as these are valuable,
the chick had immediate attention, urea
and sand had caused obstruction, the
chick was held in warm water teW
moments, dried, and then the SAND
amounting to large tablespoonful, and
lime deposit was taken away, washed
again and castor oil dropped in rent,
with the result that no after attention
was needed. Rarely do [ lose chick
from this trouble, and if [ do, it is a
case of pure neglect, not taking the
time to attend to it, as | should. Some
times a case will run along until quite
an accumulation will adhere to the
down; this must not be pulled away,
as the flesh is very tender and easily
broken, but battle several times, taking
away little at time, oiling, and, my
word for it, the chick will get all right.
One of the conditions | blame for it
is this: Chicks might not be put with
their mother until they feel like rag
in your hand, then you know the yolk
has all been absorbed; but if it still
feels full, and we have a spell of damp
or wet weather, a case will be sure to
follow; and, by the way, we are having
plenty now, feas will be drowned out,
but more ills will follow, the drenchings
the chicks will get, time was when Ia
run out to gather them up, and get soak
ed myself, but now I try to have some
thing ready for them to run under, the
weaklings, if any, will drop out, and
better so. In the poultry yard only the
strong should" be allowed, for of all
miserable looking things puny chick
is the worst; we are sorry for them,
knowing that it is less cruel to put
them out of their misery than to con-
tinue them in it, but even so, not yet
could I bring myself to kill trustful
creature, but someone else is given the
task.-Mrs Gomperts, in Florida Poultry
Journal.
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