Re: Chicken Owners! - What's your opinion?

Janet Baraclough wrote:
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I'm not comfortable with this type of activity on my property.
Damage to plants and exposure to bacteria is something I want to avoid.
(I have a small child and don't want her to touch any droppings. If
you have children, you know what I mean! :-)


I am a parent, raised my children around the droppings of our own
free-range chickens (and other stock), and they never had a problem.
They were brought up to wash their hands after using a lavatory and
before cooking, handling food or mealtimes.

Remember, wild birds will be constantly shitting in/on/over your garden
so the chickens are no worse a threat. Shielding children from every bug and germ is not in their best interest, they need exposure so that
they develop antibodies and a strong immune system..You're being
over-anxious on the health score imo.

Kids will catch more (and more serious) diseases from other people's kids than they will from chickens. There are relatively few diseases that are shared by birds and humans. Less than humans share with other mammals.
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