Henny Penny Hatching Chicken Hatching
	Menu Home Contact Us Franchises for Sale Access to Instructions and Resources Parents FAQ Taking Chicks Home Galleries Enquiry Form Breeds Student Project Resources		Questions & Answers on  Health Issues Hygiene: Everyone should wash their hands after handling chicks especially before touching food Allergies There have been concerns expressed as to the possibility that children who have been diagnosed with certain allergies, could be affected by participating in a livestock  program We hope the following will provide Teachers and Staff with information on our program. Nuts / Fish Meal in livestock feed:- The chick feed we supply currently does not contain Nuts or Fish Meal.  However, the manufacturers cannot guarantee that some residue from other products in the manufacturing equipment has not contaminated the feed. We therefore recommend that anyone known to have an allergy to these products should not be allowed to handle the chick feed, food receptacle or the litter, where feed may have been scratched out of the feeder by the chicks.   As an extra precaution people with these allergies should wear disposable gloves when handling the chicks. It is imperative that a good hand washing procedure is followed and all participating children and staff thoroughly wash their hands prior to and after handling the chicks or their food. For parents who may have concerns, we would recommend that they discuss the situation with their Doctor/ Specialist  before participating in the program Over 7 years Henny Penny Hatching  has not experienced a single incident, where anyone has been affected who had a Nut allergy, even though there have been children with severe allergy problems at centres and schools where the program has been set up. Salmonella & E-coli on egg shells:- There have been concerns that children could contact Salmonella and E-coli from the shell of eggs. All eggs used in The Henny Penny Hatching program are fumigated to reduce the incidents of bacteria that may be present on the egg shell Egg Allergy:- An allergic reaction to eggs or egg products, may occur when individuals with egg allergies consume or come into contact with egg residue via cross contamination.  This reaction can range from mild illness to severe anaphylaxis The yolk of the egg is the chicks internal food source for its first 3 days of its life (Go to Google and search 'egg allergies', there are some excellent articles on this subject) The same extra precaution that we suggest for children / adults with nuts allergies should be adopted using disposable gloves. It is imperative that a good hand washing procedure is followed and participating children & staff thoroughly wash their hands prior to and after handling the chicks or their food. Should a child in your centre / school be medically diagnosed with Anaphylaxis and staff are required to administer their supplied EpiPen in an emergency, we would recommend that you consider not participating in our programme, whilst the child/children in question attend the centre/school. Chickenpox:- It has come to our attention that there have been concerns that children can contract Chickenpox from our chick hatching programme  this is not true. The following information was provided by Brisbane Southside Public Health. Chickenpox is a highly infectious viral illness, and is spread by direct contact between humans, with nose or mouth secretions or with discharge from blisters.  Coughing and sneezing can also spread the virus from person to person Further information can be obtained by phoning Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit on (07) 3214 5850		Venues Schools Childcare Nursing Homes Retail Other Welfare of Chickens Health Issues