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[ISCA]

I am a tad confused with all the various poultry disinfectants. I have 3 disinfectants available to use for my wooden hen house and coop, which will be kept on concrete slabs with micanthus and hemcore bedding in the run & coop.

 

I have BioDri which is a powder to be sprinkled on the run and coop floor for long-term disinfection and this helps in keeping smells under control I believe, so that's straight forward enough.

 

I also have Poultry Shield and Virkon S. Am I right in thinking that Poultry Shield is best used as a spray in the coop and applied weekly or so to routinely clean the sleeping / laying / nesting area and keep red mite at bay whereas Virkon S is stronger and should be used to do a major clean every few weeks and is used as a wash and scrub on the floors after the old bedding material is removed?

 

Guidance would be most welcome.

[Redwing]

Yes that sounds about right

 

I dont use Virkon S just poultry shield on small cleans and big cleans

[sjp]

I use poultry shield for cleaning I my opion it's the best cleaner you can get I say this after I use it to clean the plastersol panels that I used to make the coop roof so say they were filthy is an understatment thay'ed been in the window best part of 8 years plus they were covered in compo from the building work that had resulted in them beening surplus to requirements they cleaned up better than new with poultry shield the cleaner we use at work did even touch the dirt

I even use it to clean the greenhouse

[Egluntyne]

Ditto. Fab stuff and has excellent cleaning properties.

 

I use both a spray and a brush and bucket, depending on what I am cleaning.

[JustMyCluck]

I got some VirkonS when the threat of bird flu was rife so I use it for a deep clean of the house and run about once a year, then I use poultry shield on the house a couple of times a year, mainly against red mite though. Seems to work well enough.

[Daphne]

If you have a respiratory problem in the house I have been recommended by the vet to use virkon as its the best thing against airborne viruses. I use poultry shield for my normal cleans and virkon if I'm doing a major clean and I'm confident the house will dry.

[chickyhazel]

We use poultry shield and I think it is the most useful for regular use. I would only use something else, like virkon s, if there was a major problem with pests.

[Space Chick]

Another poultry shield fan here, and I also use Stalosan in the Walk in Run