Hello everyone,
A friend of mine thinks he may be allergic to chickens. He recently (within the past couple weeks) brought home some chicks and subsequently had some asthma attacks, which to my knowledge isn't normal for him. He thinks he may be allergic because when he mentioned the attacks to his parents, they told him his grandmother was that way around chickens. I know that is an incomplete picture, so I am trying to get some additional information that might help him keep chickens and keep allergic reactions at bay, if possible.
Has anyone else dealt with allergies around chickens and have you found a way to reduce or eliminate the reactions? What have your experiments and successes looked like?
I suggested sand bedding rather than pine shavings or straw to keep down the dusty cellulose material + bird poop dust.
Anyway, thank you for any insight you can provide!
A friend of mine thinks he may be allergic to chickens. He recently (within the past couple weeks) brought home some chicks and subsequently had some asthma attacks, which to my knowledge isn't normal for him. He thinks he may be allergic because when he mentioned the attacks to his parents, they told him his grandmother was that way around chickens. I know that is an incomplete picture, so I am trying to get some additional information that might help him keep chickens and keep allergic reactions at bay, if possible.
Has anyone else dealt with allergies around chickens and have you found a way to reduce or eliminate the reactions? What have your experiments and successes looked like?
I suggested sand bedding rather than pine shavings or straw to keep down the dusty cellulose material + bird poop dust.
Anyway, thank you for any insight you can provide!
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