I am laughing so hard . I read the post, didn't quite know if the comma was in the right place so I didn't respond. didn't know what to say. I read your reply and @jrjoplin Punctuation is everything! My toddler likes to climb up the ramp and through the chicken door to see his "buck bucks", often times eating the table scraps I give them. Is this behavior harmful? Without the comma, toddler is watching the chickens often times eating table scraps. With the comma, toddler was often times eating the scraps with them!
To the OP, that was funny. It is your personal choice. I grew up playing in dirt and manure on a farm, kissing cows and other animals and I'm just fine. I would google CDC recommendations and here's a link for zoonosis. http://www.iacuc.wsu.edu/documents/forms/pdf/zoonoses_poultry.pdf
LOL! The thread title, Children sharing food with chickens, can be a bit confusing as well and I think it threw me off before I even read the post. I interpreted the title as meaning, children sharing their food with the chickens, rather than children sharing the chickens' food with the chickens.
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You should not let your child eat table scraps for the chickens. He could contract diseases like MRSA, salmonella, or other bacterial infections that are naturally around chickens that he could eat.
