Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1916 — WHY CHICKENS CATCH COLDS [ARTICLE]

WHY CHICKENS CATCH COLDS

Too Close House Has Bame Effect as Drafts and Exposure Fowl Does Not Sweat. Drafts and exposure are causes for chickens taking cold;* but a too tight house will bring about same results. The fowls come out—not sweating, for a fowl does not sweat —but fairly steaming from the heat of their own close bodies. The cold air strikes them and they take a quick chill. Sometimes it is their heads and eyes that first, show the effects of that chill, sometimes it is the throat or lungs. :