Milford chronicle., 1917-05-25

The biggest problem today which the breeder is
called upon to solve In the raising Of young chicks
is generally called bowel trouble;
/ This dreaded disease is possibly the cause for
/ the death Of more beautiful and promising spec-
mems Of ehickhood than any other one thing. In
order. then, to meet with any degree Of success,
is forced to master this trouble, rather. to
eliminate 1t from establishing itself among the
youngsters.
do not mean to say that you should succeed in
eliminating the appearance OF bowel trouble IN
your chicks that you will have success. There are.
Of course, other things that must be considered
and which If left undone will spell failure but
then these are In a measure secondary TO that OF
bowel trouble. which is the bone Of contention TO
the average poultryman.
Every breeder Of fowls will. from time to time
meet with conditions which will cause him great
deal Of worry and trouble. to say nothing Of the
losses that might occur by the little chicks con-
stantly dropping off which mean money.
This 10 not the experience alone OF the small or
inexperienced breeder but likewise the larger
ones. The dreaded disease of bowel trouble is no
respeetOr Of breeders and is just as likely to de-
velop among the broods Of larger poultrymen as
the smaller ones thus many persons sustain very
heavy losses through this cause.
This disease. then, is the one great stumbling
Dloek 70 me average poultryman and particularly
20 far the raising Of young chicks is concerned.
But strange 10 say, few persons engaged in rhis-
ing chicks rarely, if give the subject the ser
Gus thought il deserves They simply let the thing
go unattended and content themselves with the
thought that in the end everything will come out
all right. This Is not natural conditions never
viii effect cure. The trouble must be fought
and fought hard. in order to either be corrected
when once it makes its appearance or to be elimi-
mated altogether and its appearance prevented.
The idea held by many chicken rasers that the
chicks will raise themselves is most erroneous and
will never tend to filing the egg basket or the
poultry yard The persons who rely upon nature
to correct this trouble are the who never put
suhcient energy into their business to determine
the origin Of any disease ailment that might de-
velop among their stock nor do they attempt to
effect cure or adopt preventative measures for
EHumhw
fowls and are not in any way to be classe1 as
breeders or pOultrymen. for in the end their ef
forts are crowned with failure.
Remember then, that when chickens. either old !
or young, become sick there must be a cause, and.
in order TO have success it is up to you to deter
mine the cause and then eradicate or remove it. |
II you fa in this you will surely meet with failure
and your losses will be heavy There is little merit
in attempting to chickens Of disease unless /
you hrst arrive at the seat Of the trouble and then
will go for nOught
Bowel trouble in chicks can usually be traced to /
some one Of the following causes careless feed /
or access to decayed vegetables or meat. In some
cases however the disease is hereditary. but then /
It will be found that some of the above named /
reasons responsible for the disease in the par
ent birds and these in turn transmit it to the 1
progeny.
OF the several causes from which this disease |
usually springs l believe the most common to be /
that Of careless feeding. By careless feeding is !
meant the supplying of a badly balanced ration /
by over-feeding the chicks. The badly balanced /
ration serves to overtaN the digestive organs Of
the little chick. causing the bowel trouble to make
is appearance, Over feeding has precisely the
same result.
When the disease appears in one chick il takes
but comparatively short time for il to go the 4
rounds Of the entire brood. The spread Of the dis
9ase is caused by the frequent 'droppings' from
the effected chick which is picked up by the
healthy ones, to the end that, in a very short time
the entire flock is alike affected.
In order to overcome any possible chance for the
development OF this dreaded disease it is absO-
utely necessary that the greatest be taken in
he feeding Of the baby chicks.
Other causes which frequently result in this
rouble. such as poor sanitation, which permits