Coccidia vaccine

[sager:)silkies]

were can u get oxine

 

[pips&peeps]

Twin City Poultry Supply

 

[ChickenCanoe]

that's a good idea.

The only things that I know of that will kill the cocci oocytes are heat and oxine. You may want to buy some oxine and spray down the inside of the coop until it gets wet then let it dry out.

You can take one of those blow torch thingys that are used to start fires, attach it to a propane tank and burn your ground also.

 

[oakspringfarm]

do your research before jumping to vaccinate or treating. there is a withdrawl period for most drugs and many aren't approved for egg layers, if you are selling/eating the eggs be careful.

 

[Arielle]

I have (most likely) resistant strains of cocci here on my small land. I have both amprolium and sulf in a gallon jug.

I use it almost monthly. I even have large adults who get it and then keel over and die. My birds are fine then they are put in the coop and literally they die in a weeks time. I even had a necropsy done. No viral stuff. Just cocci...lots and lots. I even took everyone out the pen used ammonia and drenched their house an run over several days and medicated them while they were out their coop. Put sand down too.
Thanks for the link

This is why many of the meat producers are vaccinating for coccidia . No need for treating for the bugs if the birds cannot contract the disease. I had my first batch of birds vaccinated at MM. No other hatchery vaccinates as far as I know. If you have found a hatchery that does vaccinate, please let me know!!.