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Eglu: Plastic health issues

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Hi!

I was curious to know about the potential problems the chickens can have regarding living in a plastic container. Theres studys that show the nasty toxins in plastics like BPA, that have an impact on our health, are in our body and are detected in urine within 15mins of touching certain types of plastics. Is this an issue for the chickens and the eggs they produce?

Interesting article here

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/bpa-in-cans-and-plastic-bottles-linked-to-quick-rise-in-blood-pressure/?_r=0

 

So the types of plastics to absolutely avoid are types 3,6 and 7. The level of toxins that can leach out increase with temperature of the material, so I was thinking this maybe an issue for summer months?

 

I couldnt find any info regarding what eglu is made out of, perhaps someone here can shed some light?

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Welcome to the forum :) . To be honest, I've not heard anyone express any concerns regarding this in the 7 years I've been on this forum. It would be pretty difficult to avoid plastics completely, especially if you've chosen to avoid the wooden coop option. There don't appear to have been any health issues cropping up which could be attributed to hens living in a plastic coop so personally I wouldn't worry too much.

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The Eglu has been around for 10 years now. When it first came out there were a lot of predictions that hens would overheat, suffer from condensation, get foot problems from the roosting bars etc. None of them came true. I think over the relatively short life of a chicken (though I've had one live to 7) any impact from the plastic would be very unlikely to cause a problem.

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I think the coop material is polypropylene and as such poses no health hazard whatsoever. It has been in use now for half a century and parts made from it are everywhere in the house, car, garden and workplace. A relatively cheap but durable material.

 

As far as I am aware health issues arise from thin film plastics used in packaging which are totally different materials.

 

So I wouldn't give it another moments thought DavidJones01 and welcome to the forum.

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