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What does the CDC say to do with the shoes you wear to care for your chickens?

Keep a pair just for chicken chores and leave them outside.

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  1. Keep a chore pair and leave them outside ✔
  2. Wear them inside, then wash the floor
  3. Any shoes work, just wipe your feet

Why: Chicken droppings on your shoes can carry germs into your house. A pair that stays outdoors keeps that mess out.

Huh, didn't know that: Shoes, tools and vehicles can also carry bird diseases from one flock to another.

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Answer: Keep a chore pair and leave them outside. Chicken droppings on your shoes can carry germs into your house. A pair that stays outdoors keeps that mess out.

  1. Backyard Poultry, CDC Healthy Pets, Healthy People www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/about/backyard-poultry.html
    Set aside a pair of shoes to wear while taking care of poultry and keep those shoes outside of the house.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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