Right now the brooder is entirely empty with no bedding just for tonight, and only roofed with a sheet of plywood with all 4 sides open and wrapped with chicken wire. My goal is really promote more ventilation here.
I was covering them with a tarp at night to prevent from rain wetness and/or...
Never had an issue with coccidia before. To note, we have an existing flock that we grew from 8 hens and a Rooster to now 22 mixed birds (Australorp Roo, Australorp hens, and Buff Orps and Rhode Island hens). But okay, so this hit our sort-of recently purchased, July 4th, 2025, 12-dozen Barred...
