Things you need to do to prevent contracting salmonella while raising chickens. Watch our Featured Video: Salmonella Contamination Can Spread From Farms to Processing Plants to the Chicken On Your Table. How to keep your chickens protected from salmonella.

Always wash your hands with soap and water after handling your chickens, cleaning the coop, nest boxes, feeders, water container's, etc.
Do not allow live chickens where you store, cook, or eat your food.
Do not allow people who have weakened immune systems to handle your chickens or things your chickens use.
​If you eat eggs or chicken, make sure it is thoroughly cooked and surfaces it is prepared on are cleaned and sanitized before using for other foods. Here are some tips to help you reduce the risk of salmonella and other diseases in your chickens.
Keeping your chickens and all of their things clean (coop, nest boxes, runs) can help reduce the chances of contracting salmonella and can keep your chickens healthier.

• Keep bedding clean
• Keep food and water dishes clean
• Do not allow feces in or around food and water containers
• Collect eggs daily and refrigerate them
• Make sure nests are free of feces
• Properly dispose of fecal matter

The best way to do this is to use a compost barrel. After properly composting, it can be used in the garden and tilled under. Do not plant food crops where composted  or non-composted fecal matter has been for at least six months.

• Rake and sweep up fecal matter from floors and the ground then  dispose of it properly.
• Use rubber gloves, face mask, and apron when handling fecal matter (chicken poop).

Featured Video: Salmonella Contamination Can Spread From Farms to Processing Plants to the Chicken On Your Table

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