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[roosterhavoc]

No medicated feed till they hit the ground then they get medicated and I give a week of corid after 2 to 3 weeks after being on the ground just for safe measure. Never had any real issues with cocci. Lost one about 3 yrs. Ago

i always end up keeping chicks in the house til about 4-5 weeks depending on temp. Usually too cold in spring at night to put them out that early with no hen. Is there any particular reason why no medicated feed right away? I've never needed to use corid but I do have it on hand.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I can't stand shavings I have a whole bag but can't seem to get myself to open it. I use wheat straw till about a week old then they evicted to outside wire floor cages.

the only problem with the shavings for me is the dust. Straw can hold bugs. That's why I don't put it in the house. I use shaving in my three coops, far better option for an enclosed coop over straw. I Have plenty of shavings around. Although I may try the straw cause the dust is real annoying at about 3 weeks on.

 

[doubleleft]

the only problem with the shavings for me is the dust. Straw can hold bugs. That's why I don't put it in the house. I use shaving in my three coops, far better option for an enclosed coop over straw. I Have plenty of shavings around. Although I may try the straw cause the dust is real annoying at about 3 weeks on.

hang individual sheets of newspaper over pole and spray with water ... let it dry ..... it will then have the perfect footing-tecture for chicks to walk on .

 

[sdm111]

i always end up keeping chicks in the house til about 4-5 weeks depending on temp. Usually too cold in spring at night to put them out that early with no hen. Is there any particular reason why no medicated feed right away? I've never needed to use corid but I do have it on hand.

No just one of my many idiosyncrasies

 

[sdm111]

Here's another one, I have a food processor I use to grind starter finer for chicks up to about a week old cause it seems to me they are unable to eat the bigger pieces and waste alot simply cause they can't eat it. So I grind it finer so more gets used.

 

[centrarchid]

i always end up keeping chicks in the house til about 4-5 weeks depending on temp. Usually too cold in spring at night to put them out that early with no hen. Is there any particular reason why no medicated feed right away? I've never needed to use corid but I do have it on hand.

You can avoid using the medicated feed indoors if you are meticulous in cleaning and do not bring in contaminants from outside. If I keep everything clean and dry with games, then no medicated feed needed. Keeping so clean is difficult at best, especially when multiple parties use the brooder area and daily trips are made from yard to brooder area. American Dominiques reared under same conditions are not even phased by cocci even without medication while the games get hammered. Same games raised in Indiana are barely touched by cocci so not all cocci the same. Free-range reared chicks seem good against even the local cocci so long as I keep them away from areas where adults are penned. The brooder can be like a concentration camp if not properly managed.

 

[sdm111]

I don't think it's all that big of a deal whatever works for u do it. If nobody's losing chicks who's to say one persons way is better or worse than another's. I do the corid after they on the ground for a few weeks just cause I think they real susceptible to cocci from being in a relatively non cocci world before. That's it nothing more or less.

 

[sdm111]

Think ima have my first hatch of miners today. I'm watching a grey broody situating eggs positioning herself wider and making her low frequency clucks. Hackles flared

 

[sdm111]

just as I suspected

 

[roosterhavoc]

All good info. I'm always looking to find a better way even if I don't need it. I like the grinder idea. I have never paid close enough attention but they sure do waste a lot. I think in gonna use the corid this year and start worming birds too. I've never wormed either.