Chickens are also easy to infect with a variety of diseases that can affect humans.
And there's the small but significant risk of a bird flu developing in the poultry population.
And there's the small but significant risk of a bird flu developing in the poultry population.
Birds raised on pasture are much less susceptible to this. There is a world of difference between the two. Much has been written on this subject.
I take all of that with a grain of salt and concentrate on providing the best farm environment possible and allowing nature to mitigate the issues for me. This is way it was done for millenia before corporate agriculture and media got involved. Non-mainstream education is paramount in this area.