Undiluted, how much Oxine in a regular quart sprayer, not fogger, as prevention in daily (big poop) cleaned coop? Can I also spray in my sand run that I clean (big poop) daily? How often? I sparingly sprinkle DE weekly in both. Love that stuff! 1/8 tsp per gallon in drinking water. Can I do this daily?
when I clean my coop, every 4 days, I lock the chickens out...after cleaning I spray a mix of 3 oz. Oxine to 1 gal water. put it in a pump sprayer and spray everything in the coop until wet.....do not release hens back into the coop until it is dry. I do not use it in the run. I have not used it in their drinking water (yet), I've only used ACV.
In a quart spray bottle I use about 3.5 tablespoons, to mist the birds down with. I also spray their coop down with that ratio, but I supposed you could go stronger. I do it once or twice a week. I also do it when I clean out the coops. I'll put a couple squirts of the oxine water into their water bowls once a week. I was told not to use oxine in their water everyday because while the oxine kills that bad bacteria it will also kill the good bacteria.
Quote:That's what I was looking for thanks. I doubt I would use much stronger as I want to use on my birds as well. Also don't want to remove everything. My coop is already too clean for that. The bacteria thing makes sense. I looked at your wonderful silkies. So now a new question. I recently got my first silkie pair. Not sure age, somewhere between 16-20 weeks. That small coop on left is for them. When can I expect maturity from the boy? How soon after she starts laying can I expect my girl to get broody? I know they are big on brooding and I do want that. Thanks
