Proper Sterelization Methods

[WRVgirl]

I just lost some chickens to what I can only assume is a respiratory disease of some sort.

I ordered 2 gallons of the Oxine but it won't be here until the end of the week, in the mean time I have bleach and I want to make a preliminary run with it through the coop, and on my porch where the infected chickens spent lots of time pooping up the place.

I bought one of those pump sprayers and assumed that I'd mix the bleach and water and spray everything, let it dry and then hose it down with water...in case the bleach leaves any dangerous residue behind. Once my Oxine is here I plan on doing the same a few times and giving it a couple weeks to clear out before I introduce any more chickens to the coop.

Does this sound right? Is there anything else I can do to disinfect before my Oxine arrives?

 

[AbbyDog]

I hope you get a response soon because I am sort of in the same boat and need the info!
good luck.

 

[WRVgirl]

Oops. I just realized that I spelled sterilization wrong in the title.

Maybe that's why nobody responded.

So I bought a round up 3 gallon pump sprayer with nozzle and sprayed everything down with a 1:3 bleach/ water mixture....and I mean EVERYTHING. The coop, the run, the deck, the yard around the deck, and all of the areas that the birds liked to hang out together.

I'm going to do it all again today, and then tomorrow and then the next day until my Oxine gets here and then I'll do the same thing for 3 days but with the Oxine.

Then the coop will air out for another 2 weeks and after that, I'll start thinking about getting the chicks outside...but not a moment before then.

NO bacteria is going to survive this onslaught of bleach and Oxine, and in the end, it's still not sterile [sterile would require a steamer]...but it is very, very, very clean.