Primary and secondary schools/Tintinara Area School: Show Poultry Handbook/Cleaning and Hygiene

A well maintained cage

By Caitlyn Wandel and Melissa Nortan

Before you get new chooks, we recommend you disinfect your chook cages.
You must have a clean food and water container for each chook.
You must clean these containers regularly.
The food containers must not be swapped between different chooks as it can spread diseases or pests between birds.
Every week check each individual chook for pests. If the chook has pests treat them immediately.
Clean all the cages out completely every second week, removing all chook manure from around edges and removing all straw/ sawdust. *Put new and clean straw/sawdust in. Every other week clean by removing the droppings amongst the sawdust in the cage and add more sawdust if required.

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