5. Feed birds on a varied diet, including green food.
6. Arrange that birds have to scratch for some of their food.
7. Construct houses, nest boxes, etc., so that they can be readily and thoroughly disinfected. Houses should be free from drafts.
8. Disinfect contaminated soil by spraying, liming, and resting.
9. Visit the roosts at night to detect cases of wheezing due to colds, and to search for mites and other pests.
10. Keep on hand disinfectants, lice powders and medicines likely to be required.
4. Nursing Sick Birds
Fig. 2.—ISOLATION
The small margin of profit on a single fowl makes dosing with medicines and nursing an unprofitable occupation, except in the case of valuable stock. If the treatment of a bird is undertaken, it should be borne in mind that more depends upon attention to the rules of good nursing than to the administration of drugs. Comfortable quarters, warm and free from drafts, clean straw, and invalid’s diet of soft and easily digested food will all turn the chances in favor of recovery.