Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-16
QUESTION.

QUESTION.
am having all sorts of trouble
with my chickens so come to you
for help First my chickens We're
on unlimited range of cotton, corn
and oak woods, put on same at two
months old. Gradually changed feed
from mashes, etc, TO scratch feed
twice a day, then to once day. S;5O
o. m. on corn and wheat. l had zoo
of as fine pullets as | ever saw.
also used permanganate of potash
and copperas in drinking water
rounts were cleaned regularly and
before them all the time.
First symptoms is full crop in the
morning; seems to be very much in
famed. At first, opening them seemed
to relieve them but now 1t seems TO
hasten death. The first one l found
in this fix 1 opened the crop and
cleaned it out and she has recovered.
Next morning three more in the same
fix. and two more died before night.
SO l yarded all of them that night
and next morning found ten in the
same fix so 1 gave each one six
drops of turpentine and strong salts
water; all seem to be recovering ex-
cept one, which died. The next morn
ing l found about so in same fix, gave
them the same treatment but II died
before night and the remainder seem
no better and this morning l find
about 40 in the same fix.
Now, as soon as l yarded them l
gave them all salts to clean them
out and cut out all feed, but a very
small amount scratch feed three
times a day. Cleaned out every
thing, yards and houses and disin-
fected them (Which l do regularity
and remove every sick one as soon as
1 find them. Since giving them salts
their dropping are jelly looking sub
stance-green and sometimes a little
blood. 1 always destroy all dead
chickens, either burn or bury them
deep; or any other filth find on the
place. Any help you can give me
will be appreciated. Please reply
by return mail.
Wishing you best of success in your
work,
w. d. COMFY,
Powder Springs, Ga.
ANSWER.
There is something that your chick
ems have gotten hold Of that has
completely upset their systems and
it would be best for you to change
, their feed back to the same thing
that you were giving them before
and discontinue giving scratch food
altogether. Equal parts of bran,
shorts and corn meal with 10 to Is
per cent beef scrap and some charcoal
mixed in same would be a good feed
and should be kept before them daily
all the time in hoppers and twice a
Give flpT1 either
Barller's or Black Draught stock
powders. This should be mixed with
the above and made into a stiff mash
and fed in a trough. Discontinue
giving salts, also permanganate of
potash. Use g different vessel from
what you are now using, an earthen
vessel would be better, or galvanized
pans. and every other day add one
half teaspoonfuI Of carbolic acid
to two gallons of water See that
this water is kept cool and that the
chickens drink it,
Il will take careful feeding TO get
their digestive organs back in good
condition. They should have kept
before them at all times plenty of
oyster shell and coarse charcoal,
where they can eat it at will, with
plenty of green food chopped fine.
Give them no oats unless thoroughly
cooked. Use a different kind Of
scratch food to what you are now
using and give to them three times
per week, emitting the soft feed.
This scratch feed should be thorough
~ soaked and give them only what
they will eat up clean with a relish.
New wheat when fed in great guam
titles, unless thoroughly dry and not