Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-01

spell OF sickness. BY taking good
care Of her she is likely to come
around all right, as soon as she en-
tirely recovefA.
An Orpington should weigh: Cock.
10 pounds; cockerel 8 la pounds;
hen, pounds, and pullet. pounds.
It will probably be a month ana
a half before my book will be ready,
as there are several other series or
articles that must go into this book
and be published in The Journal be-
fore itwfll be ready for the press.
Will let you know through The
Journal as soon as 1t is ready.
fasl19s
Mrs. r. c. Hogan, Valdosta, Ga.
/ am coming to you for help. Ny
chickens are peculiarly affected and
am losing a goodly number. First
they become red around the eye. A
slight swelling. then a white film
forms over the eye, and the chicken
then becomes blind and dies. | have
tried bathing the eyes in bluestone
water, but have never save a chicken
that became affected. This is not
what we term "sorehead." l have
had that among my chicks and have
been able to handle it with scarcely
no loss at all
ANSWER.
Your chickens have slight touch
of roup or summer cold. You can
check this trouble by using Conkeys
Roup Cure, or permanganate Of pot
ash in their drinking water,
one-half grain of potash to one gall
lon of water. Bluestone water Is
very severe on chicken. and 1t usu-
ally hurts them so that 1t kills them
unless they are very strong and can
stand lot Of punishment. 1t is al
most the same as If you had put
straight carbolic acid on your naked
flesh. 1t would be a good idea to
battle every one OF the chickens
heads a solution of linseed oil, one
pint, with an ounce of carbolic acid
added to 1t. Also give the perman-
ganate OF potash or Conkey's Roup
Cure in the water. Once each day
give a tablespoonful of sulphur in
soft feed, in a trough or plank.
to the chickens. Look after their
roosting quarters and see that they
are not crowded and become over
heated and then go out in the damp
This causes more roup than most
NOTWITHSTANDING In crowded quar-
tiers and becoming overheated; or
q slight draght blowing into their
roosting quarters will cause roup. It
is very easily cured If taken in time.
Mrs. r. G. Starke. 215 Webster St,
valdosta. Ga.
/ would like to have you write me
what to do for my chickens. I have
several that have roup and seem
to have a cold and there is one hen
that staggers around and will run
and then fall over. She acts as IL
something was in her throat and
has fever, or feels so. I will APP
preciate your kindness as I am a
new beginner in the line and have
about 80 hens and several young
chickens.
ANSWER.
If your chickens have roup, as
you suggest. (and it Is very evil
dent that they have) you can cure a
mild case with Roup Cure in their
drinking water. Permanganate or
potash is the next best roup cure
and half a grain of this to gall
Ion of water is about right. This
should be given regularly until you
see some improvement in the chick
ems. You should also remove the
which you will be more than apt to
find to be a draught and damp
roosting quarters. Chickens sleep
ing in crowded quarters will also
cause it. They get hot at night
and come out next morning and
they catch cold. They should not
be turned out early in the morning
on the grass while 1t is wet with
dew.
You should also examine your
chickens and see if they are not in
tested with insects. II so, they
should be dipped in a solution Of
one part dip to 100 parts water OF
any of the dips advertised in The
journal.
1t is a good idea to feed the chick
ems which have roup mostly grain
feed and give only a small amount
of mash feed and 1t should have
some good@ condition powders in it.
1t would be best to kill the hen
referred to. as hse is not likely to
get over il, and II she did. you