How to disinfect chicken coop?

[jackhorn01]

Like dry clean them then using a spray bottle, just hit them with a light mist to disinfect them?

 

[Nicole01]

I use a bowl and mix a solution to wash my eggs. I rinse well after dipping in oxine.

 

[jackhorn01]

Oh, I thought you weren't supposed to submerge the eggs in water too much. You just make sure the water is warmer than the egg then it isn't so bad?

 

[Nicole01]

I dip them in for a second or two, then rinse off. I wash after they are chilled in the fridge. I always wash in warmer water then the egg. Sometimes I eat them myself straight off the nest box.

For my own personal eggs, I wash right before I eat under plain water. They last longer I guess with the bloom. However, we go through eggs so quickly it wouldn't matter if I washed them immediately from the nest box.

 

[puppylove2145]

wait... you wash your chickens??

My chickens have come down with a "cough" and gooey eyes that they like to rub on their wing feathers so I've been washing with dawn, rinsing well, and blow drying them clean (they absolutely LOVE the blow dryer!)

 

[chickymama0502]

 

[chickymama0502]

My chickens have come down with a "cough" and gooey eyes that they like to rub on their wing feathers so I've been washing with dawn, rinsing well, and blow drying them clean

(they absolutely LOVE the blow dryer!)

 

[NicolleJean]

Just had a bout of respiratory illness go through my four hens. They are all separated until I see at least a week of no symptoms (plus it is about 10 degrees out right now and for the rest of the week so they don't mind hanging out in the garage for a few more days). I have a DIY coop made from 2x4s and plywood, what is the best way to try to disinfect it, just to be on the safe side for when they return?

 

[CubbieFan88]

wait... you wash your chickens??

No, never have done it but I saw online a lady suggested doing for under the weather chickens & I am open to trying anything to help them.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Well I was hesitant to use Chlorox. Seems too toxic and harsh... I cannot not use it after. The chickens would go right back after it dries. I was thinking using baking soda and vinegar. I use those two to clean my whole house. I am not fun of big house cleaners that stink. Plus those two are environmentally friendly... Just need to check if baking soda or vinegar cannot harm my hens....

When baking soda and vinegar mix they produce carbon dioxide. Carbon Dioxide in the form of dry or hot ice is the prefered way that the USDA, DHLS, and the FDA kill condemned chicken flocks. They stuff the condemned birds into plastic trash bags in which a small chunk of dry ice has been previously placed. As the dry ice sublimates or dissolves into gaseous carbon dioxide the poor condemned chickens quickly suffocates because of their unique respiratory system. To my mind this is equal to the Final Solution. At the very least it is lights out in a foul manor for the condemned fowls.