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I have a 10x10 indoor chicken coop with an outside run 10x50. The floor in the coop is cement, I am looking for help deciding on bedding for the floor or can I just leave it as is and just sweep it out. I do have 30 girls so I do clean out once a week. Is once a week okay or should it be more...

We have chickens and ducks, soon we'll have turkeys. How important is shoe cleaning before we go into each area (building and yard)?

It was not pleasant, I cried. The report said Mycoplasma deteced, PCR was negative, and that Pseudononas growth was heavy. They were very sick birds. Anyway I am call the lab, to find out what I need to do, and how this happened so fast.

Thanks for any help, the lab report is saying a lot. I am going call them Monday to have them go over it with me, so I have better understanding of what it is saying.

I am glad that GraceLaneFamers asked this question. I have alittle heat in coop, I am in Colorado and we are up and down with temps. So I will try the no heat.

I have had chickens for over or close to 20 years and have never had sick birds before. Then four weeks ago I broke my own rule and brought in two new birds from a local critter swap. A week and half later I started losing birds, these were adult lays 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years old. They stopping and...

Had a small shed all wood for years chickens did a great job laying. Two summers ago built a new biulding metal with cement floors. I do put down chavings but may good lays stoped a hole year went by tried changing lighting, heat, fans. Still no change so I sold that flock, and stated over. This...