Really? Good idea, simple and cheap. I'm down to scraping all the shavings out, spraying it down with water, then disinfecting with Virkon. I had them roosting in a pen for the summer for the fresh air.
I know, Dawg, I would think that deep litter in Florida would harbor lots of microbes. I'm wondering if I can buy big rolls of butcher paper and just run it under the roost, LOL
I thought the same about the sand. I swear when we moved in there were no worms in this barren beach sand. However, I guess birds, rodents, and chicken poo attracts them?
I am hoping that some read this thread and do a 5 day safeguard worming.
How about with Valbazen?
I was reading about...
I'm posting this because I lost a little hen to enteritis caused by capillaria worms and the damage allowed a cocci infection in. I worm regularly, but I've learned that capillaria need more than just the single usual worming because they are tougher. They are supposedly carried by round worms...