Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-18
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I for young chickens. as they will not eat
as much as the hens, and as soon as
they stop eating IL | take the board
IL is on out of the coop.
Sulphur must be given in dry weather,
consequently the chickens have not had
their weekly dose this summer. but we
must give IL to them whenever the rains
cease or we may look out for sorehead.
This morning l found a youngster as
round as n ball. l picked him up and
discovered that he has tried to make a
balloon out of himself The only thing
TO do was to take a sharp pair of scis-
sors and snip the skin in four places,
for this one was a thorough job. Then
l used vaseline to prevent infection and
put him where he cannot get grit in
the places and has plenty to eat and but
termilk to drink.
Now about the things to buy. Before
September comes in get rape or rye
seed and sow your patch for this win
ter. September is the month for that.
And pillow up your chicken yards !
used to have to get a man TO turn mine
over with a deep fork. He charged me
Is cents an hour and was as slow as
molasses in winter. but ii paid.
In that sort of a place I'd have oats
or rye seed scattered and let the flock
scratch them up. Turning the soil pre-
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preventive that 1 can feel sure Of 1
suppose you bought thatd barrel Of lime
IN the spring and have used il with lib
eral hand. These damp days bring roup
and all sorts of ills unless there is
lime sprinKled about And / find that
multitude of poultry raisers do not
know roup. I've just answered a letter
from a woman who called IL sorehead.
The eyes were covered with cheesy
substance.
Whenever you handle a chicken be
sure to open it's mouth and try to smell
it's breath. If there is the least odor
you may begin TO doctor for roup. If
there is the least white substance on
the tongue scrape it of and fill the
mouth or throat with vaseline. / find
vaseli1e. a teaspoonful given three
times a day and water, with any good
roup cure. about as much as one can
do for the sick ones, or one can buy
FIVE cents worth of permanganate of
potash. put a grain or two in vessel
and see the water turn purple, then put
Just the head under water. Keep it
there till the bubbles come. They prove
that the bird has breathed and that
takes the medicine into the head. l
have used a medicine dropper and a
small quantity of camphorated oil warm
ed enough to be a liquid. But as soon
as a chicken is cured of roup, sell or
eat II. They will give you chicks with
tendency to roup.
Another reader of The Journal want
ed TO know what was the simple rem
edy l gave for white diarrhea. That
must be prevented, for there is no cure.
Don't let the little chicks get chilled,
and for the first few days let them have
fresh buttermilk to drink. The Tactic
acid kills the germ If ii happened to
be in the yolk of the egg from which
the chicken developed.
Look your flock over from time to
time See where the youngsters roost
and add a pole or two. Don't let them
roost on a damp place If you want a
healthy flock. and the Reds will bleach
if they roost too close while their last
feathers are forming And don't con-
denim the party you ordered eggs from
until your chicks have feathered at least
twice. The Reds change feathers four
times before they are grown.
The continued dampness and torrid
heat has made mites the general rule
instead of the exception. Kerosene oil
is not more than fifteen cents a gall
lon. and is the best thing L know. Pour
it in your sprinkler or spray pump. add
an OUNCE of 30 per cent carbolic acid, If
you have il. and saturate every roosting
pole, nest and the walls, and let il soak
in. set fire to the under side of things,
for there is where the mites live. They
are like bed bugs. and do their dead
lest work at night. This place was in
fected last year and I've had to Tight
them early and late. The barn was
alive with them, so you see the problem
/ had to deal with when | wanted hay.
This summer there has been one hen,
at least, setting all the time. but / put
them in boxes before 1 give them eggs
and change the boxes, consequently the
mites have not yet overrun the barn
loft this year Pasteboard boxes are
better than the wooden ones. They can
be saturated with stock dip and are
lighter to handle. You cannot use kero-
sene where a hen sets. That spoils the
eggs.
Have I omitted your problem Then
write to me about it.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.