VMs: Bitter aloes

["JH" <haleyj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

This is NOT off topic. Does anyone know how long the treatment
with bitter aloes has been used for poultry?

Reference here:
http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/1000_Questions_Answered/1000_Que
stions_Part_08.html
Cannibal Chicks.

What can I do to cure my chicks of eating each other?

Some kind of animal food is necessary when the chicks begin to pick toes,
wings and vents. But the meat must always be cooked, the least bit of raw
meat drives them wild as does the blood they can bring on each other. For
that reason a strict watch must be kept to detect any case before blood is
brought. Remove all weak chicks as they always go for the weakest, and as
soon as one chick is picked on for a victim, remove it at once. Some people
paint the toes with tar or liquid lice paint, but I have had the best
success with bitter aloes mixed with water. A nickel's worth covers a lot of
toes. It is best to buy a powder, then dissolve in a little water and paint
wings, vent and toes. They won't take many pecks at them when they find they
are so bitter.

Jeff



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