Zupants
Chirping
- Jul 30, 2022
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I had respiratory disease wipe out 9/13 of my chickens. I realize I’m on borrowed time with my remaining 4. Since I’m starting over I have questions. Before I understood how contagious this was I was putting all their compost from the run into the opposite side of the yard into my main garden compost. Once a week I clean their outside pen area completely, then dump the grass clippings in there for them to have fun with. I then take all the old clippings that have been aired out for a week into the bigger compost. Since I can’t raise chickens in that part of the yard where they currently are, is all the old clippings going to contaminate the compost area? (I hope this makes sense) because I was planning on starting all over with a new coop in a new area of the yard, where my big compost is. It’s been getting pretty hot here 90-102 each day. Would that be enough to kill off whatever they had until next spring? So it would be probably another 8-9 months from now once the new chicks would be coop ready. I don’t ever want to deal with this nightmare again.
Second question; does respiratory disease come from other birds in their pens? It’s sparrows, finches and an occasional morning dove that like to get in there.
My story is, I got an infected flock in April from a small farm and have worked my butt off all summer to keep them alive with every supplement one can imagine. So it’s back to square one with chicks from cal ranch and no small farms. This experience has been very traumatic for me and causing me to have depression from all the birds I’ve had to cull. I just want to make sure I’m doing everything right next spring. I’ve raised two successful flocks before obtaining this one, plus growing up with poultry, but this experience was a new one for me. Thanks in advance for reading this super long post.
Second question; does respiratory disease come from other birds in their pens? It’s sparrows, finches and an occasional morning dove that like to get in there.
My story is, I got an infected flock in April from a small farm and have worked my butt off all summer to keep them alive with every supplement one can imagine. So it’s back to square one with chicks from cal ranch and no small farms. This experience has been very traumatic for me and causing me to have depression from all the birds I’ve had to cull. I just want to make sure I’m doing everything right next spring. I’ve raised two successful flocks before obtaining this one, plus growing up with poultry, but this experience was a new one for me. Thanks in advance for reading this super long post.
I have cleaned everything out of their outside pen and completely cleaned out their coop with brand new shavings, and took everything out and hosed it off then let it dry. I’m just hoping I can at least hold onto these remaining 4 until I get new chicks and old enough to lay. It was a lot of work this summer. Just holding onto what I can. I appreciate you reaching out and reading my super long post.
