The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-09-15
EGG ORGAN TROUBLES.
BY &. T.. COnkey.

| flock lay more heavily year b!
year and add to the profits. Thu
means a constantly increasing
strain on the egg organs and &
corresponding increase in the nun
Der of egg organ diseases.
Occasional cases of troubles
with the egg organs are to be ex
pected where fowls are fed heavi
Iy with q daily ration carrying the
food elements necessary for heavy
laying. DO not however allow
these difficulties to become too nu
merous but take such action as
will remove the underlying causes
Over-feeding, over-stimulation, or
forcing of the egg organs and lack
Of exercise are the principal
causes of egg organ troubles.
Some diseases of this class rare
ly occur and others could be de
termined only through a post NOR
TEN examination. Therefore, in
this article we will consider only
the more common ailments of the
egg organs.
SYMPTOMS OF OVIDUCT IN
PLANTATION.
inflammation Of the Overduct is
one of the commOnest and most
important diseases of the egg or
gans. 1t 10 very often associated
with other troubles in this region
but it sometimes occur alone. Re
peated straining of the fowl as If
attempting to lay Is often the first
symptom noted and if an egg is
passed, it will be spotted with
blood, contain some blood, be mis-.
shapeh, small, or incomplete.
Sometimes the yolk alone may be
dropped without the covering OF
albumen or shell. In early stages
IF the disease, the wings OF the
affected bird droop and the feath
ers are ruffed up. In the advanc'
ed stages the comb is pale and the
bird is dull and does not seem in
olined to move about. Death Oft
60 comes from q ruptured blood
vessel brought OH by the continual
straining.
CAUSES.
Heavy laying with it's strain OD
the oviduct is largely the cause of
the disease but it may also be
brought on by the use of too stim.
alatiDg foods or condiments. An
other cause is found In prepara
tiOns that force the egg organs in
an effort to promote egg produc-
tion instead of helping the hen
ln the natural way by putting her
IN red. .bIooded vigorous good
health with pure blood and q clean
system so she will just want to
lay. Sometimes inflammation is
due to laying large eggs, to brok
en- eggs or to the birds being egg
bound.
The best treatment is to keep
the bird quiet in coop, darkened
except Ut feeding time. Medi
, cines are of little help. The diet
should consist largely Of green
food with nothing stimulating
Give castor oil or epson salts
right at the start. Do not feed
too much.
Where the disease occurs fre
auently, the feeding should be
changed and the flock handled in
way that will keep down excess
fat. Reduce the protein and rich
m aterials and feed more greens.
IPROLAPSUS OF THE Owl
DUCT.
This is a common ailment OF
laying hens aud is produced BY
numerous causes. 1t is evidenced
by the lower portion of the owl
duct becoming everted and pro
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red or purplish tissue. The
length of time the bird has been
silinR before the discovery Is
made and whether 1t Is a partial
| or extensive prolapse determine
| the exact appearance.
CAUSES.
Weakness of the oviduct walls
and ligaments aud inability OF
this organ to stand the strain put
upon it in egg production are the
| Fundamental causes of the disease.
The immediate causes are strain
| ing in laying large eggs, stralDiDg
when there is some obstruction IN
the oviduct, as when the hen Is
egg bound, and constipation which
| would affect ell the organs in that
region of the body. Poultry laxa
tive, q tea spoonful of castor oil
or some epson salts are good pre-
| scriptions for constipation.
TREATMENT.
The first step is to determine If
there is an egg in the passage. II
you end one, treat as for egg
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