The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . skin. They cluster around quills offeathers on back and near vent. Pluck and burn. Apply hensoil. Scaly leg is caused by a? mite (Sarcoptes Mutans,) whichcommences to dig under the large scales on front of legs andon upper side of claws. From thence it spreads all over scales are raised and broken by the irritation, the leg en-larged and some fowls have inoculated their heads in scratchingwith their claws. The progress and contagion of disease are slow, but affected PARASITES AND MICROB
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . skin. They cluster around quills offeathers on back and near vent. Pluck and burn. Apply hensoil. Scaly leg is caused by a? mite (Sarcoptes Mutans,) whichcommences to dig under the large scales on front of legs andon upper side of claws. From thence it spreads all over scales are raised and broken by the irritation, the leg en-larged and some fowls have inoculated their heads in scratchingwith their claws. The progress and contagion of disease are slow, but affected PARASITES AND MICROBES. 123 fowls gradually wear out, and chicks are sure to take the para-site from an affected mother. A pullet given me from a placewhere this scabies had appeared, infected several companions,though carefully anointed before placed among my flock. Asiat-ics are especially subject to the complaint. Old fowls, the skinof which is less oily, are most troubled, hence nature indicatesan oily application. I scrub legs clean with an old toothbrushand warm soapsuds. Then anoint with hens oil which I am. A Flock of White Wyandottes Which Keep the Family on aSmall Farm in Fresh Eggs. now using everywhere. I formerly used sweet oil, having acci-dentally learned the formers virtues by being out of sweet oilonce. Kerosene applications are too severe; they have lamedfowls for me, and killed them for acquaintances. Isolate affectedhens, never set such, and disinfect the perches. There is but one species of common flea on poultry and ittroubles pigeons more than other fowls. Though fleas breed indirt, they sometimes accomplish their complete evolution on thebody of their host. The Southern jigger is of the flea remedies for fleas and bedbugs or Nest Bugs (the latternot identical with dwelling-house bug) are same as those givenunder Red Mites or Dermanysses, all being creatures which livein cracks and crevices of walls, floors, nests and perches, rather 124 POULTRY MANUAL. than perma
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