However, good sanitation should be practiced whether you are pregnant or not. always wash your hands after handling your chickens, collecting eggs or handling their feed or water stations. if possible, cleaning out the coop should be left to hubby or someone else. i tend to advise very conservatively in this newsletter.. My husband and i recently bought 6 chickens. the pen and coop need clearing out, my husband said he'll do in on the weekend but i want to do it. one of our chickens has been killed, a cat got into the pen, we've now put a top on the pen made out of mesh so the cat can't get in again but there is still blood in the pen. i hate going into the pen at the moment because of the blood on the floor. 7. give your chickens a mani/pedi. when cleaning your chicken coop, it is also a good time to check on the health of your birds. illnesses occur in chickens from time to time. being proactive can be the difference between life and death for your flock..
Hello. not scaremongering here. i think the risks are probably very wee, but you can get two types of respiratory disease from chickens, mainly their poop i think. they can be nasty, from experience, and you would be more at risk if elderly, already sick, probably us as reduced imune system. anyway, it is recommended to keep house clean and not let mould grow on poo, ie clean regularly (we don. Decide when to clean your coop. while certain maintenance tasks like checking the nesting boxes, dropping boards, bedding should be checked each day and changed as needed, a full-coop cleaning can occur at various intervals. how often you choose to clean your coop top-to-bottom depends on how many chickens you have and how big your coop is..
