Treating the Run

[jthornton]

Is there anything that should be done to treat the run, yard (bare dirt) and coop after discovering your pullets have large round worms?

Once a month or so I add 1 teaspoon of bleach to the bird bath after they go in for the night then rinse it out real good before letting them out in the morning to keep algae at bay.

Edit: the ground is bare dirt, the run is covered with pine chips and the coop is covered with PDZ. They also have the compost bin to dig in...

JT

 

[HuskerHens18]

My vet told me to make my own mix of 3 parts water, 1 part bleach and wet the dirt with it, but not soak it. I used a hand held pump sprayer.
Keep the chickens off it until it totally dries. It's how I killed my coccidia infestation last year and it worked perfectly. No chickens became ill or seemed bothered by the treated dirt.
And actually, that area I sprayed hasn't been infected with coccidia or worms since and I had an outbreak again this year with my free rangers!

 

[jthornton]

My vet told me to make my own mix of 3 parts water, 1 part bleach and wet the dirt with it, but not soak it. I used a hand held pump sprayer.
Keep the chickens off it until it totally dries. It's how I killed my coccidia infestation last year and it worked perfectly. No chickens became ill or seemed bothered by the treated dirt.
And actually, that area I sprayed hasn't been infected with coccidia or worms since and I had an outbreak again this year with my free rangers!

Thanks so much, I'll treat it when they go to bed at night. It's raining today so in a few days I'll treat the dirt and run.

JT

 

[True Patriot]

I called a friend who volunteers at a shelter. The bleach solution degrades the eggs an causes them to lose their protective coating but doesn't outright kill them. The drying out is what they die from. So the key is to apply at a time when it will completely dry out. He also said it may take more than one application. Hope this helps

 

[Dr.GarryTTucker]

As for dirt I’ve heard of permethrin, seven dust, and diotamcious earth. That’s probably mispelled. I’ve been told DE in feed will help get rid of worms in the chicken too, but I bet there are some better alternatives to put in water to help

 

[Scooby308]

I would think DE would work if sprinkled about the run/coop given the way it scrapes and then dries insects. Not sure on internal use. Have you checked into DE?

 

[jthornton]

I would think DE would work if sprinkled about the run/coop given the way it scrapes and then dries insects. Not sure on internal use. Have you checked into DE?

Yea there seems to be two camps for DE use, the ones that believe it works and the ones that can't find any proof that DE does anything beneficial for chickens. And the ones that recognize the hazards of using DE like the Chicken Chick. Also another good article about DE from the Chicken Chick.

JT

 

[Scooby308]

Yea there seems to be two camps for DE use, the ones that believe it works and the ones that can't find any proof that DE does anything beneficial for chickens. And the ones that recognize the hazards of using DE like the Chicken Chick. Also another good article about DE from the Chicken Chick.

JT

It’s so funny to read that DE is not the be all cure all. When I first decided to get into chickens, DE was considered to be a miracle. I never quite understood how it would work internally (I mean, being dry then subjecting it to a wet environment of a gut) seemed counterproductive. That said, I had used it in the past on other livestock and dusting horse barns. It does seem to work on fly larva. Now folks are meh on the stuff.