. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 90 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S such drink to other stock on the farm, yet they do not hesitate to allow the fowls to drink freely of the same. If other animals need pure water to keep in health, do not fowls need the same? This feeding of poison to the fowls is to be avoided by providing pure water for them regularly in clean drinking vessels. Another cause of disease may be found in the improper use of various foods. A regard for the digestive organs and the foods to be used in different seasons and conditions is an important factor, imprudent feedin
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 90 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S such drink to other stock on the farm, yet they do not hesitate to allow the fowls to drink freely of the same. If other animals need pure water to keep in health, do not fowls need the same? This feeding of poison to the fowls is to be avoided by providing pure water for them regularly in clean drinking vessels. Another cause of disease may be found in the improper use of various foods. A regard for the digestive organs and the foods to be used in different seasons and conditions is an important factor, imprudent feeding, and the use of the wrong kinds of foods, is sure to weaken the constitutions of the birds and establish the foundation for disease. When you think a fowl diseased, remove it at once from the flock and place it in a clean, warm place, free from the molestation of the remainder of the flock. If it die from disease, it is'best to burn the car- cass and prevent contagion. Symptoms. In apoplexy the fowl appears to be dizzy; it Apoplexy, staggers and falls down without any power of motion. The disease may occur to fowls apparently in perfect health; the symptoms are occassioned by the rupture of a blood vessel in the skull, and the influx of blood into the brain may be so strong that the fowl dies. The pressure of the blood upon the brain produces the evil. The cause is overfeeding with un- natural and over stimulating food, such as Indian corn hemp, and pea and bean meals in too large pro- portions. The disease is common with laying hens—which are some- times found dead on their nests— when the blood vessel may be weak and straining causes the attack. Treatment. Little can be done toward the cure of this disease, while much can be done to prevent it. Feed judiciously. Hold the head of affected fowl under a stream of cold water, which will drive the blood from the brain. If this does not have an immediate effect, the WHITE FACED BLACK SPANISH HEN. bird must be bled Cut into th
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