Can you get salmonella from eggs from backyard chickens?

November 13, 2011 | Filed under: Poultry | Posted by:

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Guarding the nesting box.

Question by Katie: Can you get salmonella from eggs from backyard chickens?

Like are my chickens likely to have salmonella?

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One Response to Can you get salmonella from eggs from backyard chickens?

  1. Yes. You can get it from the egg of any chicken, regardless of how or where it is raised.

    politically correct
    November 13, 2011 at 1:30 pm
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