What do you wear on your feet, to the coop ?

[The Chicken Lady]

Rubber boots

 

[kuntrygirl]

Steel toe rubber boots

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Because you'll never forget the first time the roo steps on your foot

I just wear my shoes- I free range so biosecurity is kinda out the window as far as "coop shoes" goes

 

[twentynine]

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I am glad some other than me, sees things the same way. Sorry about the pain you went through to learn about foot safety, but don't waste the lesson.

Steel toe safety shoes.
You get stepped on one time by a horse, cow or even a goat, with them sandals, flip flops or crocs on, you will be peeling chunks of meat off the top of your foot. Or like the quoted poster drag, drop or bump a toe on something. Not to mention crocs are about as slip resistant as owl #$@& on ice. And they offer no puncture protection from nails and other sharp objects. I bet you could juge a hole in one with a dull stick.

Barefooted, you guys are kidding right? Without even getting into hygene, the danger you are placing yourself in is not even funny. Ya'll need to remember most of us are the bread winners for the family, just how much bread are you going to win if you are layed up with broken toes, metatarsal damage, a puncture wound, peeled toe nail. I am no gambler. My steel toe boots are heavy, hot, and not easy to get on and off, but my feet are not going any where into danger naked or near naked.

Next thing ya'll are going to tell us is that ya'll push a lawn mower bare footed or in sandals. Wasn't their a thread concerning a youngman with a foot injury due to a lawn mower. While a steel toe boot may not have protected him completely it stood a good chance of lessoning the injury.

Myself I work in an industrial setting, steel toes are mandatory, and my company buys me two pair a year. I guess they figure it is cheaper to buy safety shoes than it is to pay disability. They just ain't no way I'd go to work wearing crocs. Why is working around the home different?

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Sheesh- I was just kidding
Matter of fact I have been stepped on by a horse- and yes, she broke a couple of toes- but I don't wear steel toed boots if I am just going into the coop!

And no- I do not push my lawnmower barefooted or in sandals...
But I DO walk around the yard barefooted to get the mail, check the chickens, let the dog out to pee in the middle of the night... I go barefooted alot.
I DO break out the ol steel toed boots to run fence, break horses, etc.

 

[amarook]

Plastic blue slip ons, similar to crocks.

 

[Lady_Cluck]

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I won't waste the lesson, believe me. I learned the hard way, but I learned! It's sturdy shoes or boots from now on all year around. I never want to do that again!!!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I've been on a farm all my life, there is nothing wrong with bare feet, I do not go in the cow yard with cows walking around, or clean my coops bare footed, but to walk in and pick up eggs or check under a broody hen bare feet is fine, you need to use sense and be practical...steal toed shoes...I've been stepped on by a cow, kicked too, it happens

 

[Sutherlandfarms]

Sloggers from TSC with a chicken print on them