10 Tips For Protecting Your Flock From Disease In Winter

In this video I discuss simple, practical, natural ways to protect your backyard from disease and ailments during the winter season and all year long. Developing basic biosecurity habits helps prevent many chicken diseases, pests, and ailments. Do you have additional biosecurity tips that work great to keep your flock healthy and thriving? Share your thoughts below in the comments.
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[@minomokwa744]

I love your presentation. I love your videos and most of all: watching your well-kept, happy chickies whilst listening to really valuable advice is a delight to me. Thank you so much. God bless you and your animals. Greetings from Europe.

[@michellebarbour5777]

Great safety tips! In the UK we have another avian flu outbreak. This year, our Government has created a phone app which alerts us to keep our chickens under cover if any Avian flu has been detected within 10 miles of our property. All we need to do is cover the run with a tarp, make sure we disinfect our footwear, keep food and water under cover and stop all free ranging. We also need to keep tools, buckets and rakes in a wild-bird- free place. It's simple and follows nearly all of your suggestions. We do need to prove that we have covered footbaths outside entrances to the run and coop and we must put all poo in a double sack ( not in the compost) to be removed by refuse collectors. Experts say, in the UK, that this will now happen every year. It must be hard for people with huge free-ranging flocks but for back yard keepers, it takes very little effort to keep ourselves and our hens safe from disease.

[@ChuckTheRooster]

Thank you for sharing what safety tips you're using in your region with your flock. I like the idea of the covered boot washing station by the chicken area entrance. Also, thank you for mentioning covering your chicken area as an additional biosecurity measure. My chicken run is covered with a thick tarp and our chicken coop has a metal roof but I didn't think to mention that proper roofing is also important to keeping your flock safe for a variety of reasons. Thank you again for sharing your additional tips and your flock experiences.