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1 Will colds ever disappear without treatment? 270
2 What is the condition of a fowl's excrement when in perfect health? 269
3 What causes chicks to droop and stand around with their heads drawn in and eyes shut? They finally die. 262
4 How can medicine in powdered form be best administered to fowls? 236
5 Do fowls ever have tumors ? 196
6 What is Douglas Mixture? 222
7 What causes the plumage of the head and neck to disappear and the parts assume a scab-like condition? 211
8 What is the trouble with a fowl when its comb turns very dark for a day or two and then assumes its normal color again ? 190
9 Does it pay to doctor sick fowls? 191
10 What causes the skin of chicks to puff up in places and fill with air, and how should the trouble be treated? 205
11 What causes diarrhoea in young chicks? 235
12 What is pip and the cure for it ? 206
13 What are the symptoms of diphtheria and the cure for it? 184
14 What is chicken pox? 185
15 What are the symptoms of worms and what is the treatment for them? 219
16 What is a good remedy for chicken pox ? 167
17 Do fowls have epileptic fits? 171
18 What causes a hen to "bag down behind" and what is the cure? 213
19 What is the cause of little chicks becoming clogged up behind ? 200
20 What is the best cure for a frostbitten comb ? 173
21 What causes swollen eyes in fowls, and what will cure them? 171
22 What is Scaly Leg? 225
23 What is the cause of grain passing through fowls whole ? 187
24 What is a good remedy for Scaly Leg? 664
25 What is roup and the cure for it ? 347
26 What are the symptoms of cholera and a cure for it? 201
27 What are the symptoms, the cause and the cure for Bumble Foot? 523
28 What causes white crusts to form on the comb and what is the cure? 237
29 What causes leg weakness in young birds? 182
30 What is the cure for leg weakness? 226
31 What is the trouble with fowls when they become lame from no apparent cause? 169
32 What is the cause, prevention and cure of gapes ? 231
33 How can a lopped comb be straightened? 985
34 What is the matter with a bird having the following symptoms: giddiness head is thrown up back or neck thrown to one side. The walk is unsteady 221
35 What is wrong with a fowl when it shakes or jerks the head violently and is seemingly unable to swallow any food at all? 173
36 What are the symptoms of vent gleet and the cure? 978
37 What could cause apparently healthy birds to die suddenly without any ascertainable cause? 229
38 What disease is indicated by the following symptoms, rapid and extreme emaciation... 219
39 What are the symptoms of "egg bound" and the remedy for it? 273
40 Can a hen be seriously sick and continue to lay? 170
41 What causes a bird to throw the head and neck forward and upward. The action seems to be an unsuccessful effort to swallow something? 204
42 What is the cause, the symptoms, and the cure for bronchitis ? 174
43 What is the cause, the cure and symptoms of catarrh of the crop? 187
44 Are fowls subject to diseases of the liver; if so what are the symptoms and cure? 138
45 Do fowls have Dropsy? 590
46 What is the proper treatment for "Crop Bound ?" 282
47 What is a good remedy to apply to frozen combs or other parts of the fowl where the object is to reduce inflammation? 148
48 What is Black Head in turkeys? 177
49 What is the cause and cure of Limber Neck ? 200
50 Can a frozen comb be saved if it is affected so bad that it is very black ? 159
51 What is Prolapsus of the Oviduct? 174
52 How can excessive fat cause the death of a fowl ? 147
53 Is the condition of the comb a reliable indication of the health of a fowl? 289
54 What is a good remedy for constipation in fowls ? 145
55 Will the various drugs and medicines affect fowls in the same manner as human beings? 180
56 Will pools of stagnant water around the poultry yard spread disease? 260
57 In what quantities should quinine be given to fowls for colds? 175
58 Are diseases of various kinds common in the poultry yard even when good care is taken of the fowls? 191
59 What causes the edges of the comb and wattles to turn purplish red ? 163
60 What causes young chicks to go around with their wings drooping and seemingly exhausted? 217
61 What is the best plan to detect colds and roup in the very earliest stages? 232