Coccidia and how to clean the run

[cindagram]

I live in Oregon where it is very rainy. My outdoor run is 10 x 20 with half the run full of turkey grit due to the amount of mud. I am on my second round of coccidia in the last six months so I am curious if I need to somehow disinfect my run? It is not covered so the rain has been washing down the poop but I don’t know if that’s good enough.
I can’t exactly scrape out or pick out the poop so reaching out to see if anyone has any ideas? Do you think they are getting sick because of their own poop and re-infecting?
Does anyone else use turkey grit for the run? If so, do you clean it?

 

[staceyj]

I live in Oregon where it is very rainy. My outdoor run is 10 x 20 with half the run full of turkey grit due to the amount of mud. I am on my second round of coccidia in the last six months so I am curious if I need to somehow disinfect my run? It is not covered so the rain has been washing down the poop but I don’t know if that’s good enough.
I can’t exactly scrape out or pick out the poop so reaching out to see if anyone has any ideas? Do you think they are getting sick because of their own poop and re-infecting?
Does anyone else use turkey grit for the run? If so, do you clean it?

How many birds share this 10x20 space?

By turkey grit do you mean granite grit as in “for digestion” or is it something else?

It is possible they are reinfecting if there’s standing water just under the surface and if they are training through mud in the other half.
If so, you’ll have to address the underlying issue of the mud and drainage.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Coccidiosis is a disease of crowding. The organisms are almost impossible to eradicate but you can help by working out how to clean out the feces from the pen as much as possible. I use straw or other absorbent bedding and rake out the run regularly. Are you breeding or are you seeing coccidiosis in adult birds?