- Mar 23, 2009
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I've had my freedom rangers since May. I treated them once for cocci when I lost 2 birds. A couple weeks later, two young layers who were brought down to a separate house in the area died of cocci, so I treated all 3 flocks: meat birds (again), old layers and young layers (who all live in their own separate hoop structures within about 25 feet of each other).
Tonight we found another meat bird exhibiting early signs of cocci. Puffed up feathers, lethargic. But this one is still eating and we haven't seen blood around yet.
The meat birds are in a hoop house on a dirt floor. I haven't put down fresh hay in a couple weeks and I admit, it's getting a little fragrant down there.. Maybe it's their environment? There are 160 of them in a 24 by 16 foot hoop house.
They are let out every morning to free-range. We have a 2 acre yard and 15 acres of pasture for them, but they prefer the soft grass of the yard.
The meat birds are fed at night. Because there are so many of them, I throw the food on the floor of their hoop house to get them inside and so I'm able to create piles for everyone to get to food.
Is it bad that i"m putting the food on the floor? Is this where they could get the parasite?
I feel like such a bad flock master.
Tonight we found another meat bird exhibiting early signs of cocci. Puffed up feathers, lethargic. But this one is still eating and we haven't seen blood around yet.
The meat birds are in a hoop house on a dirt floor. I haven't put down fresh hay in a couple weeks and I admit, it's getting a little fragrant down there.. Maybe it's their environment? There are 160 of them in a 24 by 16 foot hoop house.
They are let out every morning to free-range. We have a 2 acre yard and 15 acres of pasture for them, but they prefer the soft grass of the yard.
The meat birds are fed at night. Because there are so many of them, I throw the food on the floor of their hoop house to get them inside and so I'm able to create piles for everyone to get to food.
Is it bad that i"m putting the food on the floor? Is this where they could get the parasite?
I feel like such a bad flock master.
