Live poultry, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, often carry germs such as Salmonella. After you touch a bird, or anything in the area where birds live and roam, wash your hands so you don’t get sick! Read more at the CDC’s Keeping Backyard Poultry web page. read more CDC Offers Tips to Owners of Backyard Flocks: How to Reduce the Chance of Salmonella Infection