Preparation for the Placement of the Chicks
Preparation for the Placement of the Chicks
- Remove old litter.
- The shed should be washed with clean water, preferably using a sprayer.
- The floor is to be soaked with 2 percent sodium hydroxide (NaOH) overnight for virus inactivation.
- The floor should be cleaned with water containing 10 percent phenol and 5 percent copper sulfate.
- Feeders and waterers should be dipped in boiling water using caustic soda and mild hydrochloric acid or iodophor compound for a few minutes, followed by usual washing. After cleaning, sun dry the equipment for a day or two.
- Burning of the floor, sidewalls, and the chicken wire mesh with a flame gun will kill most microbes. There is no alternative to heat treatments, as it kills all the germs.
- The shed is to be whitewashed with a solution containing lime powder, copper sulfate, kerosene, and formalin.