The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-29

consists in keeping the house clean,
well ventilated and disinfected, while !,
the fowls should not be exposed to
draughts which induce colds. Pur-
chased birds should be isolated for
two or three weeks and watched
closely for signs of this disease be-
fore being liberated in the general
flock.
QUARANTINE SICK BIRDS
II roup enters the flock, isolate sick
birds in warm dry places where there
is plenty of fresh air and no draughts
Wash the eyes and mouth of each
bird with warm salt water and mas
sage the nostrils and the eyelids in
order to lessen the watery discharge
accumulated there. Then wash or dip
the birds head in a solution compos-
ed Of two heaping teaspoons of bor-
acic acid or half teaspoon of per-
( managnat of potash in one pint of
water, repeating this treatment two
or three times daily. A tablespoon
of peroxide of hydrogen, mixed with
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iected into the birds nostrils with a
small oil can or medicine dropper, is
very beneficial. Thereafter, grease
the fowls head with comphorated oil
or carbolated vaseline. Keep a
small quantity of permanganate of
potash in the drinking water so as to
prevent the spread of roup. in Sc
we're cases it is best to kill the birds
at once, as seldom, if ever, can the
! disease be fully and permanently
cured.
Chicken pox, or "sore head" anoth-
er contagious poultry disease, is
characterized by white testers which
/ deevlop into brown spots or crusts on
the comb, eyelids, and upon the beak
and nostrils. In severe cases, these
sores increase to the extent that the
bird occasionally is unable to open its
eyes and beak, and, if neglected, will
die. Keep all roosting quarters clean,
dry, and thoroughly disinfected. Dur
ing the summer, when chicken pox is
most common, mix three pounds of
powdered sulphur with each 100
pounds of dry mash, giyeng it freely
TO the birds. AS chicken pox is most
rampant among late-hatched chicks,
an advisable preventive is to practice
early Matching.
! VASELINE SOFTENS SORES
Treatment for sick birds consists
of applying a liberal quantity of car
bolated vaseline, which causes the
patches or crusts to drop off, where
upon the sores underneath should be
painted with tincture of iodine or a
per cent solution of carbolic acid.
Five opunds of fine powdered sulphur
mixed with each 100 pounds of dry
mash is also efficient in effecting a
cure. When the disease develops in
any flock, Immediately spray the
houses and coops thoroughly with
some wood presevative or coal-tar
, disinfectant and scald the drinking
fountains and feeding dishe switf
boiling water, repeating these control
measures every third day thereafter
until the sickness is dissipated.
,, Scaly leg, caused by mite which
burrows beneath the scales and
forms yellowish, powdely sub
stance, which initiates the Scales, is
another contagious disease. II
spreads slowly. To prevent its ell
trance to the flock, the roosting and
dropping boards and all cracks ant
crevices should be sprayed thorough
,, ly at regular intervals to keep them
free from mites. Examine the birds
shanks occasionally, and if any signs
Of scaly legs appear, wash the birds
legs with soap and warm water to re-
move the loose scales, and then ruiz
thoroughly with a half-and-half mix
ture of kerosene and linseed oil, OF
fill can with mixture, and after
the birds have gone to roost at night
4 dip each birds legs into the solution
for about a minute. Repeat the treat
ment every three or four days until
the scales are removed Oil of cara
way, used in the same manner, is al