Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-27
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.

and he seems to have something in
his throat that he can't swallow.
He seems to be trying to swallow
all the time and seems to have
swimming in his head, as he stag
gers about great deal. He is
hearty and perfectly healthy with
that exception. Please tell me
through The Semi-Weekly Journal
what is the matter with him and
what remedy to use.
ANSWER.
1t is impossible for me to tell
Just what is the matter with the
chicken referred to- From the de-
scription given, he evidently has
something in his craw that will NOT
pass through the mouth of the giz-
zard. You should examine him
carefully, and if you find his craw
enlarged and feel the substance in
it, you should cut the craw open
and remove the substance and sew
it back up. Unless he is a very
valuable bird, IL would be best to
let him alone so long as he seems
to be hearty and is in good health
otherwise.
r. r. stow, 1877 Lucille avenue. At
l have a chicken that is puzzlina
me great deal, and am writing you
for help. She's q Buff pullet, Ia
months old, and is the smallest of the
set of s. She eats but very little,
but wants grain all the time. She Is
very poor, but not sickly looking, al
though she sits down great deal,
and her wings hang way down all
the time. She has been this way for
about IL months. This pullet seems
to be growing lot of new feathers.
1 had another young rooster to do the
same way, but killed him. Any infor-
nation you can give me will be APP
preciated.
ANSWER.
The fowl referred to is evidently a
weakly constituted one, and if she
recovered would not be worth breeding
from. Such birds should be discard
ed, and should not be kept to breed
from. 1t is possible that she may
come around after a while, but 1t
shows that there is some weak con-
stitution back behind her in the breed
ing stock. The best thing to do is to
kill her and get her out of the way
the same as you did the rooster.
Mrs. s. A. Daniel, Elberton, Ga.
Can you tell me what is the matter
with my incubator chicks? They have
something like indigestion. They take
1t one at time, and always die
in a few days At first they refuse to
eat, but look well for the first day,
and then they get pale, comb and in
side of their mouth, and crop about
half full and stays that way until
death l feed them commercial chick
Of
they are a week or two Old 1 keep
plenty of fresh water before them at
all times. They commence taking this
disease from week old up
to large frying size Chat is
as large as have raised
any, as this is my first year with
incubators) Have had good luck with
exception Of this trouble. Some will
die all along with this trouble. I
have given them salts, oil and lot
of simple remedies, but every one that
takes it dies. Any advice win be APP
preciated.
ANSWER.
Evidently the chickens referred to
are not getting the proper feed. 1t
would pay you to change your feed
and their general surroundings. Give
them plenty prepared meat scrap in
their feed, and only the very best
wholesome feed You can probably
save some Of the others by doing this.
There is also a chance of some Of
them being from weak parent stock.
In many instances, chickens hatch
ed in incubators will die for some time
afterward on account of improper cir
culation in the incubator, causing the
egg not to dissolve and the chicken
cannot digest the food that is in 1t
Sometimes eggs in some parts of the
machine will be hotter than others,
and chickens Matched from these