Really not a good idea to go barefoot in chicken areas. Chickens can get all kinds of nasty microrganisms on their feet. You have a small cut or hangnail =
A pair of old slippers lol They have a rubber sole and I don't wear then as slippers anymore cause they stink but the chickens don't mind. I leave them at the back door or down in the garage(coop is next to the garage) because the side door of the garage opens up to where the chickens run around. My daughter wheres old slippers too.