disinfecting coop

My coop is far too small for our (big) girls, so we have just purchased a second-hand coop that is a bit bigger, as we realised that our coop wasn't really too small, we just have really big breeds and didn't take that into account when buying the original coop. Someone else will definitely be...

Hi! I am curious what everyone uses to disinfect their coops after outbreaks especially coccidiosis. I was told to use bleach but have been reading a lot that it's ineffective? Is ammonia the best to use? The floor and walls are wood....

Hey all, I have depopulated after an M.S. outbreak. How do I properly disinfect the coop and run before adding new chicks? Everything I have read is for mycoplasma gallisepticum and it seems like it lasts on surfaces longer than mycoplasma synovaie. I have read that MS only can last 4 days...

I bought an old coop that is in good sturdy condition but was full of old poop. It also had mouse poop everywhere, or some kind of rodent. I scraped everything out, but I'm still not sure that's good enough. Do I need to disinfect the coop? If so, how? I have new young chicks to put in and I'm...

I had three Silkies, one was older than the other two at 11 weeks, the other two are about 8-9 weeks old now. Last night I noticed the oldest one seemed listless compared to the others. He was fine all day. I pick them all up and look them over every day and he seemed fine a few hours earlier...

My poor sweet Rocky, nearly 8 weeks old, looks like she has Marek's. I thought at first that she had injured her leg---although always smaller than my other six chicks, she was feisty and always the first to do daring things like get up on the brooder roost or leap to the top of the waterer...