Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. yi.—A slatted crate to piotect the milk-bowl. 214 iPOULTRY CULTtfRg With improvements of bmldings and means of feeding withregard to hygiene we can expect more from our birds. It isnecessary to keep them busy and happy, and the best way todo it is to keep them scratching in the litter for an hour ormore in the morning and evening. It is necessary for a birdto have a certain amount of exercise, and this method isconducive to good egg production. Fowls require an abundance of water at all times and con-sume large quantities of it, and it should be cl
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. yi.—A slatted crate to piotect the milk-bowl. 214 iPOULTRY CULTtfRg With improvements of bmldings and means of feeding withregard to hygiene we can expect more from our birds. It isnecessary to keep them busy and happy, and the best way todo it is to keep them scratching in the litter for an hour ormore in the morning and evening. It is necessary for a birdto have a certain amount of exercise, and this method isconducive to good egg production. Fowls require an abundance of water at all times and con-sume large quantities of it, and it should be clear and Fig. 92 —A good means of protecting tlie dnnkmg water. Eggs contain about 65 per cent, and the flesh of the fowl 60to 80 per cent, water. The water-troughs, protected as outHned above, prevent thebirds from polluting the water by the filth from the yard theycarry on their feet. The germs of many contagious diseasesare ehminated from the body by way of the bowel by the excre-ments, and the pollution of the food and water is a fruitfulsource of spread of the contagion. Contagion.—When contagion is present in the flock useintestinal antiseptics. Birds do not apparently object to the SANITATION 215 taste of certain drugs and the mucosa of the intestinal tracttolerates certain disinfectants well. Permanganate of potashis an agent used quite extensively by poultry breeders. Placea quantity of the crystals in a fruit jar and fill the jar withwater; of this solution use sufficient in the drinking-water to
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