Subscriber Letters
Shellie
: Thanks so much for this wonderful newsletter, Gina. Here's how
we start our days around the vineyard...
Maggie
: Thank you for posting this (coccidiosis video)
http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2011/02/coccidiosis-in-chickens.html
I too have had problems with it in the past. Coccidiosis in chickens
is not always a result of poor management, as a matter of fact
even with my impeccably clean flock one year I brought in a new
batch of 130 chicks and lost 26 of them to this disease. It only
takes ONE infected chicken to wipe out 10 or even 20, 30 chicks.
I say chicks since all my losses occurred at 4-8 weeks old. It's
a very common disease. All my chickens are free range and water
areas are cleaned daily and litter is always kept fresh. Vaccinate
is the easiest way. Since I started vaccinating my flock I have
not had an outbreak. Thank you for your lovely newsletter, I adore
it! (btw, happy the "pepper" cure worked for a couple
of people with non-laying hens in the winter). Warmest, Maggie
