My doctor got a deer in the headlights look when we asked her. She couldn't find any thing wrong with being around them. I couldn't handled the smell of the coop for the first trimester. The coop has a very low odor since they free range and only sleep in it but it still bugged me. My hubby did chores for a whille. Which turned out to be a wonderful thing as now he likes the chickens and wants to get more.