Youch! Don't wear flip-flops around your chickens...

[augustmomx2]

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Yeah, they do love shiny, metal things. My fave girl, I thought was trying to "perch" on my shoulder, turns out she was trying to get to my earrings

 

[kycowgirlchick]

Someone was speaking of turkeys. I had a pair of big white turkeys last year. And tried shoeing my horses while they were roaming around.

Everytime I would pick up a nail they tried to take it from me.

 

[Wifezilla]

Flip flops and watermelon-colored toe nail polish are a duck treat apparently

 

[twentynine]

Bare feeted in the chicken coup? WOW ! That's more country than me. I'd rather not even think about it.

 

[The Zoo]

I wear flip flops all the time and red nail polish and they never go after it, or my red hair or my freckles they DO however go after anything and everything in my hands. Hands = Treats! Even if it's MY sandwich.
Funniest thing was when they jumped up to take a sandwich out of my mom's hand when she was outside eating. Heehee.

 

[Davaroo]

Yeah, see, no offense - but this is one of those things you gotta learn.

Most accomplished chicken wranglers keep a separate pair of shoes/boots just for the chicken yard. You'll hear people tell you this, but out of convenience, mostly, you don't listen.

"I 'aint changing out of my sandals just to go feed the chickens. I don't need no stinkin' boots!"

Then your foot slips and goes off the side of the flip-flop... into a pile of wet poo. Or the hens take a liking to your nail polish.

But worse, you then track their poo back to the house. There are warnings about that on all the bio-security sites. Poo should stay in the coop, and nothing else should come in.

Call it a lesson learned. I prefer a cheap pair of rubber boots which I can hang out side the hen yard. I got mine at the thrift store for a few dollars.

 

[gritsar]

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Yep, one of the best chicken-related gifts my DH has given me is a pair of rubber boots that are kept for going in the coop only. I also have a pair of crocs that are kept outside for the same purpose in the summertime.

 

[detali]

Yes, wear decent shoes in the barnyard. I once kicked a pig to get him to go where I wanted him. Broke my big toe. The next day I couldn't get out of bed without crumbling to the ground. I had a dentist appointment that day. Tried to tell the receptionist why I was cancelling that appointment. I bet she never heard that one before.

 

[NotTheMomma]

Water hose on jet stream cleans flip flops and feet well.

I wear flip flops, and sandles during the summer, though I don't wear them inside. I wear house slippers in the house. No chance of poop coming in my house.

 

[shuizar209]

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Yeah my daughters wear crocs and let me tell you they are not loving it... I think it's hilarious watching the hens chase after my girls lol.... I don't wear black nail polish anymore for some reason they love that color more than any other...