The western poultry guide . iding away places. Usually such cases are discovered too late to make amantidote or emptying the crop effective. But even where the poultry-man knows exactly what antidote to use, or has it on hand ready for-the emergency, how much better to avoid all danger in the first, placevby preventing the distribution of poisonous substances in places where;the flock can get at it? Many householders and poultry men are quite careless in the maiter-of using insect killers, or throw out such substances as salt meat, saltbrine, lye, etc., in places where the chickens ar
The western poultry guide . iding away places. Usually such cases are discovered too late to make amantidote or emptying the crop effective. But even where the poultry-man knows exactly what antidote to use, or has it on hand ready for-the emergency, how much better to avoid all danger in the first, placevby preventing the distribution of poisonous substances in places where;the flock can get at it? Many householders and poultry men are quite careless in the maiter-of using insect killers, or throw out such substances as salt meat, saltbrine, lye, etc., in places where the chickens are liable to suffer theconsequences. One very common source of poisoning in fowls is olcipaint, fertilizer mixtures, etc., etc., left in unseemly places. Manyfowls meet death eveiy season from such easily preventable causes-^One often dosnt think—until too late! Mould, or Aspergillosis asit is scientifically termed, is really poisoning from mouldy hay orscratching material, inhaled by the fowl—or more often from nKSoEdsj. Chickenpox or Sore Head-Showing scabby warts The Western Poultry Guide :food which is eaten. Some unthinking people even throw out suchiwnfit material as mouldy spoiled vegetables, or musty, burned wheat,^with the expectations that their chickens will get the good of ^ow mould is one of the diseases which cant be successfully is a case where you must prevent in the first place or take yourUoss if it comes. Limberneck is really poisoning. Limberneck is the peculiar symp-tom which follows ptomaine poisoning. Any rotten, putrid animalmatter fed to chickens, or to which they find access accidentally, is more than likely to poisonthem. Some poultrymenthink limberneck is acontagious disease. Itisnt contagious—one birdcant get it from they all get it fromthe same cause—for whatone fowl gains access tothe whole flock feast on--and thus the whole flockusually comes down withlimberneck. While limber-neck is easily treated byantidote,
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