Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30

ana opening the beak, thus indicating
that they are not getting a sufficient
supply of air, During the first few
days the appetite is ravenous, but in
SPITE of the quantity of food eaten
the birds become weak, anemic and
emaeiated. Later there is little ap-
petite, the affected birds are dull,
have difficulty in keeping with their
companions, and as the disease adj
vances their wings droop and they
stand with closed eyes and head
drawn back into the body. Ere
quently the head is thrown forward
and they cape or give it a conYulslYe
shake in order to loosen the obstruc-
ton in the windpipe and permit the
entrance of air. In this condition
they are liable to die suddenly from
suffocation, from exhaustion, or from
being trampled by their fellows at
night.
The most vigorous and the older
birds show only mild symptoms, or
none at all They may cape occasion
ally, but their appetites remain good
and they continue to grow. However,
as the soil becomes more and more
intensely infested proportion of the
chickens which are able to resist the
attacks of these parasites becomes
less, until finally it may be almost
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turkeys.
Reliance must be placed upon pre-
vention, rather than cure because a
chicken two or three weeks old has
not sufficient value to warrant the
expenditure of much time or medicine
in its treatment.
Extracting Gapes Worms.
Sometimes it is found advisable to
extract the worms or to inject some
liquid into the windpipe, which will
kill them. Extractors are made in
various ways. Generally a small
quill feather is stripped of all of its
web, except a small tuft at the end,
and this is used either dry or mois-
tened with kerosene or oil of turpen-
tine. A fairly good extractor may be
made by taking a hair from a horses
tail, bending it in the middle, and
twisting the two ends together so as
to form loop; or similar loop may
be made by cutting the hair, laying |
the two pieces side by side, tying
knot near the end, trimming the short |
ends close to the knot, and twisting |
the long ends together. These home |
made eXtractors have been initiated |
in the poultry supply trade by doub-
ing and twisting small flexible wire |
which carries a few moderately stiff |
hairs to scrape off the worms.
These eXtractors are all used in the |
same manner. The chickens beak is !
forced open with the thumb and |
fingers of the left hand, while the ex-
tractor is held in the right hand |
When the CLOTHS, which is a small |
aperture at the root OF the tongue, is |
opened for breathing, the extractor is |
carefully inserted and pressed down |
ward into the windpipe. The neck |
should be kept extended in a straight
line, so that the extractor will enter
freely and not injure the delicate
walls of the windpipe. AT the first
insertion the loop or brush should
not pass more than an inch below the
CLOTHS; then it should be given two
or three turns between the thumb
and finger and withdrawn, If any
worms adhere to it, these should be
dropped into a basin of hot water or
kept and burned. The extractor may
now be inserted a little deeper, and
so on until it reaches nearly the full
length of the neck If the slightest
resistance is felt to the entrance of
the extractor, it should not be press
ed upon or inserted any further.
y In all cases the extractor must be
quickly withdrawn to avoid suffocat-
ing or otherwise injuring the chicken.
moved in this manner, and if the
treatment has not been so rough as
to cause injury. the symptoms will be
very much improved.
Recently good results have been re-
ported from indicating drinking
water with fifteen grains Of salicylic
acid or three drains of salicylate of
soda to the quart of water, and in
Germany the disease is said to be
successfully treated by introducing
a small soft-rubber tube into the
windpipe, in the same manner as de-
scribed for an extractor, and inject
ing three to ten drops of a per cent.
solution of salicylate of soda.
The best method of prevention is to
put the chicks, when Matched, on
fresh ground; to remove, place in a
separate coop, and treat any that
show symptoms, and pillow and see
down the old, infected runs, not per-
hitting chickens to go upon them for
two or three years.