HollowOfWisps
Previously AstroDuck
This poll was created mainly out of curiosity. Many of the “I do this because the old farmer next door told me that he has always done this” tidbits of chicken raising information I don’t necessarily agree with unless there is science to back it up or I have tested the method myself. One of these old methods that my grandfather always swore by is providing a small tray of local soil from day 1 for the chicks to play in . This way they are immediately exposed and can build an immunity to all of the microscopic goodness living in it instead of being raised in a semi-sterile environment where they have no immunity. When we bought our farm and I got back into chickens I decided to try this method on my first batch of chicks. No medicated feed, just a tray full of dirt and some corrid on hand just in case. I had no cases of Coccidiosis with that batch so I continued to do this with each batch of chicks since. I still have that unopened bottle of corrid in my first aid kit. I am curious how many others out there use this same method and also have never had to treat for Coccidiosis?