D2-Lancasler Farming Saturday, February 9,1991
David Kradel Herbert Jordan Milton Madison
Perm State
Poultry
Pointers
Herbert Siegel Donald Singletary Morris Mast
PREVENTING HEALTH
PROBLEMS IN
BACKYARD FLOCKS
Donald L. Singletary
Dept, of
Veterinary Science
The Penn State Poultry Diag
nostic Laboratory sees a number of
cases from small backyard flocks.
The following case represents a
typical submission.
On April 12, 1989 a shipment
consisting of a single dead, mature,
red-feathered bantam hen arrived
at the lab.
A brief accompanying letter
contained the following informa
tion; These people have had a
problem in their chickens for sev
o
1991
BARN PAINTING
Aim For The Best -
In Coating Film Thickness
To do It right uselne finest kind of bristle brush
evening out the coating Into a film thickness that
does not peel In normal moisture stress (found on
most bam siding from outside and inside by livestock
or stored animal feed )
1. PREPARATION. Peeling old coatings (improperly
brushed) needs to be removed The best again is
simply water blasting or power washing' Hijjh vol
ume of water - medium pressure is best! Done
professionally or do it yourself, especially on the
easy to reach areas
| 2. MAKING A NEW START spray on brush in pamt
■ mg on the renewed surface or resurfaced wood
I siding The above mentioned AIM of coating
. thickness can prevent future peeling and resur
facing cost & effort Simple, old fashioned brush-
J mg does most of the trick This Mm will let mois-
J ture breathe through it Depending on the amount
I of weather wear it can be recoated lightly in 10
I years of more Southern exposures usually wear
I faster
I For more Information call
I I 215-445-6186 or write
PHARES S. HURST
s,N.' m 233 e. Maple Grove Rd.
Narvon, PA 17555
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as
eral years. They say it started with
some chickens that were given to
them. It has now spread to all the
birds. The lesions start on the legs
and eventually destroy the skin and
then the bone. On some of the
chickens, one leg will be complete
ly destroyed due to fractures.
These birds will then go around on
one leg.
The bird was diagnosed as hav
ing scaly leg mite, an easily recog
nizable and treatable health prob
lem. Proper health control mea
sures would have prevented the
I
problem which caused the devas
, tating lesions in this flock.
The most important health con
trol measures backyard flock own
ers can take to prevent health prob
lems in their existing flocks is to
carefully examine and to isolate
any new birds before adding them
to their flock. This practice is a
simple but effective means of pre
venting serious flock health
problems.
It is particularly important for
any birds obtained from a poultry
auction but, as seen in this case,
even from well-meaning friends.
Thus, isolate any new birds for at
least two weeks and preferably
four weeks before adding them to
an existing flock.
Also, backyard flock owners
should seek help before any dis
ease reaches such devastating
proportions in a flock. The first
source of help should be the county
extension office. These people can
provide a variety of information on
all aspects of poultry raising. They
can even arrange to have your
flock examined or have birds sent
to the diagnostic laboratory.
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15,.9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Elk
Lake High School has been
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AI Roszel, Ann Wells, Ron White,
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exhibitor setup, door prizes, dairy
product handouts, and other items.
The program at Dairy Day will
include educational presentations;
commercial exhibits; milk, ice
cream and cheese bar; door prizes;
dinner, and a report from Jody
Williams, Susquehanna County
Dairy Princess, and Misty Baker,
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Dairy farm people interested in
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