Coop to build

Easy-to-build chicken coop

Free and easy-to-build chicken coop plans will help homeowners, from beginner to advanced handyman, build beautiful, affordable, and functional chicken coops to keep your hens happy! coccidia are everywhere on your homestead, just like bacteria is everywhere. Coccidia could be shed in the droppings of older birds, or may even be in your soil. You cannot hope to eliminate them, but what you can do is to reduce their numbers so that they don't do any damage to your poultry flock. In small amounts your flock will ingest them and build up a resistance to them, which is what you want. It is when they are overwhelmed by coccidia in high numbers that the problems start and poultry disease develops.

Coccidia are very prolific parasites. A single sporulated oocyst can have a big impact when eaten by a chicken. Each oocyst has four sporocysts in it, and each sporocyst has two sporozoites in it. The digestive tract releases the eight sporozoites from the oocyst, and they move into the cell lining of the digestive tract. Inside the cell, the parasite divides and invades more cells. There may be several generations of asexual multiplication; however, this stage is self-limiting and eventually stops. Finally, a sexual stage occurs in which male and female organisms unite and form new oocysts that are protected by a thick wall. These oocysts are shed in the faeces.