Diseases passing to HUMANS, not a sick bird. Help?

[TicaCielo]

Uh, saline spray and putting your clothes in a biohazard bag? I get being careful, but they're chickens, not radioactive waste

The only thing I'd point out that while it's important to practice sanitation, keeping kids too protected from germs makes them more likely to develop allergies. Not that I think that would persuade her at all. I am sorry that her first exposure to chickens was to someone who (barring medical issues on their end or known issues with their flock) was massively paranoid

My mother was a sanitize everything kind of person as well. Her 3 boys (she had 6, 3 boys first then 3 girls and i'm the youngest) were always sick and to the point that one of my brothers almost died. The doctor asked her what the cleaning habits were at our house (my mother had several servants). She insured him that everything was always sanitized and cleaned with bleach on a continuous basis. He replied thats the problem. They have no immunity.

 

[MyNYfarm]

I completely agree, especially with young children, getting sick is a regular occurrence from classmates, and I have never gotten sick from any of my animals or someone else’s animals.
This article about salmonella might help, especially the part about how you usually get it from eggs and meat, and the part about how backyard chickens are unlikely to get it https://www.mypetchicken.com/blogs/...ksf9gxbonSVcY9a-ylR0yk2wZJeLtnkcveRbf2XlE4oqP

Thank you!

 

[MyNYfarm]

Uh, saline spray and putting your clothes in a biohazard bag? I get being careful, but they're chickens, not radioactive waste

The only thing I'd point out that while it's important to practice sanitation, keeping kids too protected from germs makes them more likely to develop allergies. Not that I think that would persuade her at all. I am sorry that her first exposure to chickens was to someone who (barring medical issues on their end or known issues with their flock) was massively paranoid

My DIL knows "some dirt is good" . She doesn't fret over dirt in general and doesn't keep my grandson in a bubble lol. However, since her first experience with chickens was at the air BNB that made all guests paranoid to be near the chickens, to the point that clothing worn had to be double steriluzed afterwards, she still has that in her head. Was hoping for something to backup the info I gave her so I wasn't the only source of positive info she had.

 

[AinaWGSD]

My guess would be the airBNB gives out those instructions to protect themselves against lawsuits in case any guests contract avian influenza shortly after staying with them? Idk, that does sound like extreme measures to me.