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[Cockle-Dood]

welllll, another work day is wrapping up! bout to head out to the homestead and attempt to make a roost for the brooder...and really need to start getting their outside housing ready! 4 weeks old tomorrow for the first batch! busy busy busy!

 

[StelleKitten]

Grrr. My sister in law says that her kids got pink eye from my chickens. Could they have got pink eye from them and have symptoms within two days? Or is this yet another of her attempts to make me look like a crummy person?

I told her that if they did give them pinkeye, it was because she doesn't make her kids wash their hands after anything (yes that includes going to bathroom, handwashing only happens if she can see dirt on their hands).

 

[VelvettFog]

Grrr. My sister in law says that her kids got pink eye from my chickens. Could they have got pink eye from them and have symptoms within two days? Or is this yet another of her attempts to make me look like a crummy person?

I told her that if they did give them pinkeye, it was because she doesn't make her kids wash their hands after anything (yes that includes going to bathroom, handwashing only happens if she can see dirt on their hands).

Impossible.

 

[topdycke]

welllll, another work day is wrapping up! bout to head out to the homestead and attempt to make a roost for the brooder...and really need to start getting their outside housing ready! 4 weeks old tomorrow for the first batch! busy busy busy!

Ha! Have you been stuck in a really boring meeting and checkin the Backyard Chicken Posts?

 

[topdycke]

Hey all!

Good news; DH and I just rented a house on 1 acre in Conroe!

I have never had chickens, but am excited to get some once we are settled. Any people in Conroe out there? Where do you get your chicks?

Yay! Welcome! Another North Houston Peep!

 

[bnjrob]

Grrr. My sister in law says that her kids got pink eye from my chickens. Could they have got pink eye from them and have symptoms within two days? Or is this yet another of her attempts to make me look like a crummy person?

I told her that if they did give them pinkeye, it was because she doesn't make her kids wash their hands after anything (yes that includes going to bathroom, handwashing only happens if she can see dirt on their hands).

Conjunctivitis aka Pink Eye, is an inflammation and/or infection of the inside of the eyelids. It can be caused by irritants, bacteria, or viruses. What is normally termed "Pink Eye" is often viral in nature but many doctors term everything Pink Eye since cultures are usually not taken and it is easier for lay people to understand the term Pink Eye.. If they have bacterial or viral conjuctivitis vs something like allergic conjunctivitis, they likely rubbed their eyes with unwashed hands. It would be very difficult to pinpoint if they obtained a virus or bacteria from the chickens without cultures being taken from the children and the chickens. For more information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002005/

Something tells me that you probably aren't going to win any points trying to educate her on Pink Eye. Hopefully you can let it roll off your back like water off a duck.

 

[StelleKitten]

Conjunctivitis aka Pink Eye, is an inflammation and/or infection of the inside of the eyelids. It can be caused by irritants, bacteria, or viruses. What is normally termed "Pink Eye" is often viral in nature but many doctors term everything Pink Eye since cultures are usually not taken and it is easier for lay people to understand the term Pink Eye.. If they have bacterial or viral conjuctivitis vs something like allergic conjunctivitis, they likely rubbed their eyes with unwashed hands. It would be very difficult to pinpoint if they obtained a virus or bacteria from the chickens without cultures being taken from the children and the chickens. For more information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002005/

Something tells me that you probably aren't going to win any points trying to educate her on Pink Eye. Hopefully you can let it roll off your back like water off a duck.

Thanks for that information. I just found it odd that since we have had chickens for 5 years and all of my nieces and nephews (and random kids) have been around them, that her two are the first ones to get pink eye from my flock... At any rate, at least she took the kids to the doctor. Turned out one of them had pneumonia and the other had strep. Which guess that means I need to watch out for everyone who lives in my house. Hopefully our handwashing will prevent us from getting strep or pink eye from them. Lol

 

[bnjrob]

Thanks for that information. I just found it odd that since we have had chickens for 5 years and all of my nieces and nephews (and random kids) have been around them, that her two are the first ones to get pink eye from my flock... At any rate, at least she took the kids to the doctor. Turned out one of them had pneumonia and the other had strep. Which guess that means I need to watch out for everyone who lives in my house. Hopefully our handwashing will prevent us from getting strep or pink eye from them. Lol

Pneumonia and strep? Children don't just catch pneumonia like they catch a cold or even Pink Eye. I'm already thinking that there is some other issues going on that have caused that child/ren to have some more compromised immune systems than usual.

But there is nothing you or I can do about, so I will take off my nurse's cap and just let it go and feel sorry that she is bugging you with complaints about your chickens when she obviously needs to just take care of her own family and not worry about what you are doing.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Some chickie sized roosts for the brooder!

I am a converted city boy so my "handy-man" skills are just above nill, so i am proud of my franken-roosts! Im learning and workin on it, so dont go makin fun! Just want the babies to have something new! Lol!

 

[Little Wing]

Some chickie sized roosts for the brooder!

I am a converted city boy so my "handy-man" skills are just above nill, so i am proud of my franken-roosts! Im learning and workin on it, so dont go makin fun! Just want the babies to have something new! Lol!