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- Jan 8, 2025
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My flock experienced coccidiosis (two strains- not the bloody kind) and roundworms this year- I lost nearly half my flock to coccidiosis side effects (damage that they couldn’t recover from even after it was treated). These chickens were all on medicated feed, but both corid and albon failed to help. Endocox did fix the coccidiosis but not the damage it caused.
I am not able to build or move my coop or run. I am getting chicks in February to replenish my flock, but I am worried about their exposure to cocci and worms. I do not want to relive the year I had this year! I have read that it’s good to give them soil from the run early on to build cocci immunity, but I am worried about that also exposing them to roundworms at an age too young to deworm or manage a natural parasite load.
How can I best care for my chicks to prepare them for when they move out to the coop and run? How can I best prepare the coop and run for them? Or should I just hold off on any exposure and then prepare to treat them for cocci a few days after they move into the coop?
I am not able to build or move my coop or run. I am getting chicks in February to replenish my flock, but I am worried about their exposure to cocci and worms. I do not want to relive the year I had this year! I have read that it’s good to give them soil from the run early on to build cocci immunity, but I am worried about that also exposing them to roundworms at an age too young to deworm or manage a natural parasite load.
How can I best care for my chicks to prepare them for when they move out to the coop and run? How can I best prepare the coop and run for them? Or should I just hold off on any exposure and then prepare to treat them for cocci a few days after they move into the coop?
