The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-04-05
DISEASES, PARASITES AND VICES
Of POULTRY AND THEIR TREATMENT

Cholera and Diarrhoea. Many fowls
in South Carolina die Of what is call
(. ed cholera when sorghum seed is ma
ture. Owing to the amount Of seed
on the ground, the fowls and chickens
are not fed other food to balance
their ration and intestinal troubles
result. Poultry in confinement fire.
quently receive an oversupply of corn,
sorghum, or other grains. A heavy
percentage Of starch and fat the
main constituents of the grains, in
their food will kill fowls and chicks.
They refuse to eat and stand with
ruffled plumage. The comb turns
black.
Treatment. Give buttermilk or
sour skim u;lk to drink and no food
for two days II you do not have the
milk product add few drops Of sui
furic acid to the drinking water, or
sufficient to give it a tart taste. Feed
cooked meat once day. After the
second DAY keep the Clemson. Egg
mash in hopper and scatter grain
IN litter as advised in the first para
graph under Feeding for Eggs"
Cholera is also caused by drinking
impure or stangnant water. Fill the
low places where the water lies. Use
the remedies mentioned above.
A tonic for poultry which has been
tested and may be recommended is a
teaspoonfM Of tincture Of iron and
ten drops tincture Of nux o0mica to
the pint of drinking water. 1t tends
to improve digestion and enrich the
blood.
Egg Eating. Laying hens eat eggs
and egg shells because there is in
sufficient lime in the secretory glands
Of the uterus to form the shells Of
the developing eggs. Hens consume
an egg to obtain the lime in the shell,
and not the albumen or yolk. The
foods poultry receive contains only
traces Of lime, and IL ground lime
stone, ground oyster shells, broken
plaster, or other calcareous material
is not kept constantly before the
fowls, a great and unnatural craving
for this substance is developed.
Treatment. Do not fill empty egg
shells with pepper and -four, or apply
other so-calIed remedies that do not
remove the cause Of this vice. Feed
egg-eating hens empty egg shells in
abundance, and the vice is immediate
" stopped. Do not powder the shells;
simply throw the broken parts on the
ground, and IN half an hour the hens
are so satiated with lime that not an
other egg will be aten. Maintain
supply Of lime in future.
Insect Pests. By lowering the vital
fly OF fowls and chicks, making them
Improbable and susceptible to dis
ease, ice, mites, and feas cause an
enormous loss every year.
Lice 1--we and breed on poultry and !
can be exterminated by greasing each !
fowl with SO per cent mercurial oint-
ment which can be bought at drug
store The grease is placed on the
flesh below the vent, covering a
space not larger than 25-cent piece
with a small amount Of the ointment.
This ointment poisons the lice and
It IS necessary to apply it only once |
8 month
Sitting hens can be creased before
the commencement Of the hatch and |
when the chicks are dry. If the latter
peep and stand with eyes closed, ex-
anime the head minutely, and you
viii probably fnd one or more large
head lice. Anoint the head and the
part under the beak with car5olized |
vaseline, or one part Of the SO per
cent merculriaI ointment and four
parts Of grease.
Mites remain on the roost, in the
crewces of the poultry house during
the day and crawl on the fowls at
night to feed. They are red with
blood in the morning. Mites are kill
ed by painting or spraying the
roosts, nests, and places where they
congregate with mite paint con:
sisting Of:
Mite Paint.
Kerosene (coal oiO..........1 gallon
Crude carbolic acid or coal
tar Observation-Disclosures. pint
Lard northumberland tablespoons
Melt the lard. ada it to the kero-
sene, aid stir in the carbolic acid or
coal tar.
Fleas attach themselves to the side !!