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Yeah, you can read anything on the internet and never forget, this forum is on the internet.
If there are parasites or bacteria in the bedding your chickens have already been exposed. They are going to lay in that bedding during the daytime. What's the difference?

There probably are bacteria in that bedding since it is on the ground. Healthy soil contains bacteria. Parasites harmful to chickens are a lot more rare than some people would have you believe. I raise mine for meat. When I butcher chickens I look in the guts for roundworms or tapeworrms, haven't found any yet. I regularly inspect for mites and lice. I haven't found any yet in my flock. Dad did find some lice in his flock once, when I was a kid on the farm so I helped hm treat for them. Mites, lice, and worms do happen, to some people they happen a lot. But they don't happen to everyone.

Thank you for your reply, makes me understand and feel better that I am doing what is right.