Chicken Coop Cleaning and Biosecurity Made Simple

About this episode

Phil and Lauren discuss essential practices for maintaining chicken biosecurity and preventing disease in backyard flocks.

Are you doing enough to protect your backyard flock from disease? In this episode of The Coop Podcast, Phil and Lauren break down the essentials of chicken biosecurity and explain how simple daily habits can help prevent illness in backyard chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and mixed flocks. Learn why quarantining new birds, maintaining a closed flock, practicing proper chicken coop cleaning, controlling rodents and pests, and following good hygiene habits are some of the most effective ways t...

People in this episode

Hosts: Phil, Lauren

Topics covered

• chicken biosecurity
• coop cleaning
• backyard flock health
• disease prevention
• pest control

Keywords

• chicken coop cleaning
• biosecurity
• backyard chickens
• disease prevention
• quarantining birds
• rodent control
• hygiene habits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meyer Hatchery

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