Bleach for Coccidiosis? It can't be, can it?

[MROO]

I'm flabbergasted! Someone on FB was asking about Corid. Apparently the local TSC was out. Someone suggested a mixture of several ounces of bleach and sugar in a gallon of water. Even if it worked for someone else as a home remedy, I would be terrified of getting the mixture off and killing my birds. Can anyone verify that this is an actual treatment? Even if it is, I would NEVER use it. It sounds EXTREMELY dangerous to me.

 

[wolfwalker]

unless you are trying to kill your birds in a very painful manner.

This just goes to prove that there is a lack of common sense in the population and some people should not be allowed to have pets, let alone kids.

Sorry, I'm grumpy this morning, and my caffeine is not ready to imbibe

 

[Aapomp831]

Small amounts of bleach won’t hurt anybody; I don’t believe it will kill cocciadosis, though.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Terrible idea and I have serious doubts it would work for coccidia before the birds die.
It is suggested that one can disinfect drinking water if one is unable to boil water. BUT it is 8 drops of bleach to a gallon of water, NOT several ounces. One ounce is way more than 8 drops.

 

[Brooks_]

Small amounts of bleach won’t hurt anybody; I don’t believe it will kill cocciadosis, though.

Several ounces in a gallon though? Even treating water is drops per gallon.

 

[bill3607]

I know several people that put like a capful (off a gallon bleach jug) of bleach per gallon of drinking water for a wormer.

I am not saying to do it or not. I do not know. I just know chicken owners that do and swear by it. These people have been raising chickens for many years.

I do not know.

 

[Brooks_]

Facebook is worse than MSM. JS

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I know several people that put like a capful (off a gallon bleach jug) of bleach per gallon of drinking water for a wormer.

I am not saying to do it or not. I do not know. I just know chicken owners that do and swear by it. These people have been raising chickens for many years.

I do not know.

But I wonder if it cures the worm problem.

I have used a couple ounces of bleach to disinfect a 55 gallon drum for an automatic water system but I prefer either oxine or hydrogen peroxide.

 

[bill3607]

But I wonder if it cures the worm problem.

I have used a couple ounces of bleach to disinfect a 55 gallon drum for an automatic water system but I prefer either oxine or hydrogen peroxide.

I do not know myself. But, the people that I know that do it swear it does. They have been doing it for many years. I will say they seem to have a very good track record with raising their chickens in the time I have known them. These are some serious chicken people.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I get that. But I know a bunch of old time chicken farmers whose practices I would never copy.