Composting/mulching with chick litter

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WaltA
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Joined: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:49 pm
Location: UK

Hello,
I have a lot of chick litter but the chicks have been fed on chick crumbs which have anti-coccidiosis treatments in it.

Is the anti-coccidiosis undesirable and will it persist for a long time or will it degrade ?

Is it ok to use this litter (woodshavings + ) in the compost heap and as mulch (like I have used ordinary poultry litter in the past) in the veg. and fruit garden ?

I'm ok on the high carbon content of the wood and the need for balancing with leafy/nitrogenous things when composting , it is just the anti-coccidiosis bit that I have been reading and worrying about !

TIA.