Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-07
r. S. PATTILLo.

Leesburg, Fla: Note in The At
lanta Journal that you would kind
ly give dealers advice free as TO
the different diseases, etc, of poul-
try,
l hope you will pardon us but
we are anxious to find out what
to do for our poultry in Florida.
This is a disease common for the
last three years all over the state.
l think it is green disentery or
diarrhoea, as it affects the bowels
with a frequent discharge of green
ish, white, and yellow discharge.
The animal keeps a good appetite
all the time, but gets weak in the
legs.
1t is not heavy, as only one or
two (out of about 500 have it at
time, but as fast as one gets well
another gets it and it takes about
six weeks for a fowl to have it and
get well.
1 have given pills, EPSON salts
and next day sulphur and pills of
charcoal but can't say any have
done much good. Have lost only
a few but they get very thin and
droop for. weeks.
If you will suggest something
to do, l will appreciate same.
keep the place thoroughly disinfect-
ed, use some in drinking water,
keep basins clean and houses, give
them sprouted oats, chick feed,
scratch feed. soaked oats, bran
mash, corn, wheat, she'll, lime,
crushed stone, poultry powders, etc.
The little chicks are not the ones
affected but 1t is old ones.
had several letters from my
trade last year about this disease
in Florida points, all affected like
mine. l advised them to write to
you.
Please advise me what to do and
hoping to see and meet you person
ally some time and when / come to
Atlanta this year will try to come
out and see your farm, I am
WHITE ROCK POULTRY FARM,
BY SLIGH, Prop.
ANSWER
The trouble that you refer to, /
am confident is Indigestion. Prob
ably it is caused from the birds
getting too much of some kind Of
feed or something that is grown
in your section that upsets their
system. In feeding the sprouted
oats, you should be very careful
that they are not moldy. often If
a bird eats enough sprouted oats
that have nodded or decayed oats
in them, it will tear their digestive
organs up and it will be some time
before they will recover from it.
Bran mash alone is not a balance
ration. 1t is too coarse and is not
good to feed your chickens by itself.
1t should be mixed with corn meal,
shorts, alfalfa meal, some charcoal
and some meat scraps. At least
twice a week. a lump of copperas
about half as large as the end Of
your thumb should be put in one
gallon of drinking water for them.
1t acts on their system and gives
them a good appetite.
1t is sometimes possible that an
olu bird will become thoroughly
infested with insects and this will
run them down in flesh. When
any chicken gets out of condition,
they will naturally have diarrhoea.
When their liver fails to act
they can not digest their food.
Sulphur, fed twice a week to old
chickens cone tablespoonful to eight
or ten chickens) acts on their liver
and keeps them in good condition,
but should not be fed constantly.
Amy chicken that becomes affect
ed in this way should be removed
from the others and put off in a
separate place where they can get
the food that you want them to
have. If taken in time, the minute
you see one out of condition and
go to work on it you can often save
a great many birds that would 9TH
erwise go to pieces
I will be glad to have you come
out to see me this summer while in
Atlanta and we can talk further
about this trouble.