Poultry Notes.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 June 1910, Page 4

Poultry Notes.

EARLY DKATII l.\ (II iCK KNS. Plenty of i tifii hn.t :>r chickens hatch t)iit apparently lull ol vigour. !>;11 fade -away from tlu» lii't'i to the tt iitli (lay. Some defect in tin lintchiiHi; or insufficjout vitality in 11) parent stock lim.s resul'ted ill ii::n-:it)S()!p'ti()ii of tin* yolk. Tin* yolk is Nature's method ol .sustain img life until the ehiicks arc t'-ble to gi't food. A chick will live to eight days without- -food. Ii the chick is not normally limlciln :l, it is unable it-o absorb -tin's yolk. The to ilo u| it notes on, this trouble <.t' early chiekenbood have been iysiutl in :i hnlli'tin hy tint Pennsylvania . Aperiineutal Station : The troii,hie generally lit'ir?n« a.boiK (lie filth day. An affected chick HI I \:* a thin white discharge I'roin the vent, it is in t adfiive, iit has a sleepy lonk, and t!i« he-ad appears to Ki-it th> hack towards Mm b;:dy. One would, tli ink tli <* nine ku.r cold or in grea-t- pain. Some <>i the chicks .stay closely under the hover, while others have in ten l '; thirst. 'I lie white discharge is n'o-l always pre.se,lit. Tiie (diick.s may die in large num hers between. the (il'lh anil- tenth day, or there may lie a gradual dropping off each day until tesey an perba-ps five or six weeks old. To tille ordinary observer a postmortem (examination will repeal that the hums have .«iikill white smuts in them. These are (Generally .seen on the side next to the rihs. The white spots are usually hard and cheesy. Tlie.se spots are not always present, hut from examination they appear to he in o() pei cent ol the cases. Si.'ime lungs have no white sprits, hii't are red and fleshy. These usually are not cfwiunon unless the chicks get chilled. T'he yolk is often hard and cheesy. It varies grr.itly. Si,-me ycilk.s art of gelatinous mature; others are hard and cheesy, and very yellow in Colour. S'otnetiines t-lirse are giea.tly inflamed. Other yolks appear like a custard that has curdled, and thev have: usually a very offensive odour. Tin. eeeea, or hiinrl intestine, is f're(luonhly filled with a cheesy .substance. A f.e.w chicks undoubtedly recover, hut seldom mad.- L-aod. birds. Tiiev ill-" .sin ill. nntln il'tv, and are gor subjects for cr.;upor any other epidemic.