. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 172 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION the crop from side to side in an effort to cause additional action or movement, so as to expel the contents. Treatment. Ordinarily this trouble can be overcome by pouring half an ounce of melted lard or sweet oil down the throat and working the crop with the hand so as to allow the oil or lard to mix with the feed. The food will then usually pass away in a few hours. Feather pulling. This habit, most frequently acquired during the molt- ing period or in the spring, is noticeable in that the fowls pick their own feathers
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 172 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION the crop from side to side in an effort to cause additional action or movement, so as to expel the contents. Treatment. Ordinarily this trouble can be overcome by pouring half an ounce of melted lard or sweet oil down the throat and working the crop with the hand so as to allow the oil or lard to mix with the feed. The food will then usually pass away in a few hours. Feather pulling. This habit, most frequently acquired during the molt- ing period or in the spring, is noticeable in that the fowls pick their own feathers and eat them, or the feathers of the oth- er fowls. Treatment. When it is noticed that birds have contracted this habit, they should be given ad- Figure 171.—A result of feather pulling. ditional exorcise by scattering their grain in deep Htter. Likewise plenty of exereise by giving them increased range, if possible, to- gether with the addition of plenty of green feed and animal feed such as meat scrap, fish scrap or milk, will help to overcome this trouble. A piece of salt pork hung in the house where the fowls can pick at it will frequently counter- act the trouble. When this habit is limited to a few birds, they should be removed from the flock. Toe picking. This trouble may likewise be called a habit and is usually found in young chickens that are closely Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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