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[hickchick55]

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That is what I have since I don't have running water right at the coop. My DH and I have a running joke about what "the guy at the shop" says. You will learn more here than you will from the guy at work.

 

[squeak1387]

. From another floridian!

treat the cicks holding like youwould when people wanna hold ur new born. Keep the bottle of purex around and make sure u wash up and thins should be fine. My 1 1/2. Y.o. will go and catch the layers and she is mine. We just always wash up when we r done

 

[GiddyMoon]

A: There is a great deal of evidence that the use of antibacterial soap in the normal household is unnecessary and causes far more harm than good, both to human health and the environment.

Since 2000, the American Medical Association (AMA) has been advising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to closely monitor and possibly regulate the home use of antimicrobials. At the AMA annual meeting in 2000, Myron Genel, chair of the AMA Council on Scientific Affairs and a Yale University pediatrician, said, “There’s no evidence that they do any good and there’s reason to suspect that they could contribute to a problem” by helping to create antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

And just this past fall, the FDA finally announced that it is considering restricting antibacterial soaps, which its panel of health experts overwhelmingly said have not been proven any more effective than regular soap in preventing infections among average consumers. Actions the FDA could take include changing product labels, restricting marketing claims or pulling the products off the market altogether. The advisory panel told the FDA that consumer products that include bacteria-fighting ingredients should be required to have scientific data proving they prevent infections.

This goes for antibacterial anything.

http://www.naturallifemagazine.com/0602/antibacterial_soap.htm

MANUFACTURERS ARE exploiting people's fears about hygiene with a whole range of expensive anti-bacterial products that may do more harm than good.

Experts believe the overuse of anti-bacterial agents in household products such as washing-up liquids, chopping boards, binliners and kitchen utensils could lead to resistant bacteria, and make people complacent about basic hygiene.

Research today in the science journal Nature confirms these fears. It shows that E.coli, one of the most common causes of food poisoning, could develop resistance to triclosan - a common anti-bacterial agent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health-warning-on-dangers-of-antibacterial-cleaners-1084391.html​

 

[swampcat]

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This goes for antibacterial anything.

http://www.naturallifemagazine.com/0602/antibacterial_soap.htm

MANUFACTURERS ARE exploiting people's fears about hygiene with a whole range of expensive anti-bacterial products that may do more harm than good.

Experts believe the overuse of anti-bacterial agents in household products such as washing-up liquids, chopping boards, binliners and kitchen utensils could lead to resistant bacteria, and make people complacent about basic hygiene.

Research today in the science journal Nature confirms these fears. It shows that E.coli, one of the most common causes of food poisoning, could develop resistance to triclosan - a common anti-bacterial agent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health-warning-on-dangers-of-antibacterial-cleaners-1084391.html​

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[acy0029]

I refuse to use antibacterial soap or hand sanitizer all you are doing is making yourself more susceptible to illness and infection. The way I look at it humanity has been around for a long time without the use of these products. Small amounts of germs are a good thing. I know many will disagree with this but, all I can say is I grew up a typical boy on a farm and as such I rarely washed my hands after touching my animals and now as an adult I am very rarely sick even when everyone around me gets very ill I'm usually fine.

 

[GiddyMoon]

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People may disagree but that doesn't make them right. We also have the past 20 years telling people that their "opinion" is valid becuase they think so. Well, I can look at an orange and call it an apple all I want while screaming it's my opinion..and I would still be wrong.

We need to get back to facts, period.

 

[CourtneyC]

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I totally agree with you. I also grew up on a farm, and while all the other kids were sick I was still out running around. I never had any of the child hood diseases either. I believe it was because I was outside from sunup till sundown all year round. I played with the animals and in the dirt.

 

[Nicole01]

Since I've gotten my chickens, I've noticed there are many people who can not stand the sight of them. Just about everyone outside my immediate family. Just because I have 8 chicks and I keep the babies inside, I have completely list my mind. That's what they tell me anyways. I just tell my family that I really don't care what they think. I absolutely love my chicks and they are my pets. I'm pretty obsessive and I clean the coop 5 times a day and the brooder about 20 times. Its not that dirty in there and I take good care of them. I really don't care what others think.