This section is from the book "The Druggist's General Receipt Book", by Henry Beasley. Also available from Amazon: The druggist's general receipt book.
Give to grown-up ducks 4 grams of pepper, mixed with fresh butter.
Foment with warm water, then drop a few drops of the following solution into the eyes: - laudanum 1 teaspoonful, water a teacupful.
1. Laudanum, a few drops, added to a teacupful of water.
2. Tincture of myrrh and paregoric, each a teaspoonful, water 1/2 a pint.
A little sulphate of soda, placed within reach of the hens, is said to be useful. Warmth, good feeding, with a little chopped meat in winter, are also recommended. To prevent their laying soft eggs, supply them with old mortar, bruised egg-shells, or chalk.
Burnt alum 2 drs., honey 1 oz.; mix, and apply twice a day.
Tobacco smoke, with good food, and cleanliness.
It is usual to put saffron into the water of cage birds when moulting; others recommend a rusty nail.
Sulphate of copper 1 to 2 grs., morning and evening, in bran. - Clater.
Give them young green broom and bread well toasted. - Mayer.
 
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