. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. POULTRY The greatest drawback to poultry raising comes from diseases which affect the flocks. When fowls are in perfect health and yielding a good supply of eggs, poultry keeping is a pleasure to the keeper ; and yet, when many little ailments, so common with fowls, arise, there is a lavish disgust from all, and the industry is condemned. While it is proper to treat the sick birds, how much better is it to study the wavs of preventing disease in the flocks. Almost all diseases arise from neglect and mismanagement by the keeper, who overloo
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. POULTRY The greatest drawback to poultry raising comes from diseases which affect the flocks. When fowls are in perfect health and yielding a good supply of eggs, poultry keeping is a pleasure to the keeper ; and yet, when many little ailments, so common with fowls, arise, there is a lavish disgust from all, and the industry is condemned. While it is proper to treat the sick birds, how much better is it to study the wavs of preventing disease in the flocks. Almost all diseases arise from neglect and mismanagement by the keeper, who overlooks the details and establishes irregularities which weaken the hardiest constitutions and invite disease among the flocks. Fowls are, as a rule, free from dis- ease, and it seldom appears without a discernible cause. Fully two- thirds of the sickness can be attributed to filthy houses, impure water and improper feeding. To these may be traced many diseases that should never appear in a poultryman's yard who professes to care for his feathered friends or has hopes of realizing an income through this source. The housing space should be in proportion to the number of birds kept, and over-crowding should never be tolerated under any cir- cumstances. Closely confining a number of fowls in a small space with no ventilation, and compelling them to breath over and over again the foul air which is always generated in occupied quarters, encourages the development of disease germs. Cleanliness about the coops and houses is necessary to avoid disease. The accummulation of droppings, vermin, lice, red mites, etc., which are found in badly kept coops or houses, are the generators of disease. The droppings should be removed, and dry earth spread on the floor and under the roosts. Coal ashes are excellent for this purpose, and when mixed with the droppings, become valuable as a fertilizer. The entire interior of house should be whitewashed and kept thoroughly cleaned. Carbolic acid is the best
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