lol, this pretty much sums up the 70s and 80s

@LunarOrbit I had a doctor that smelled like smoke and a dentist too. There was an outdoor covered smoking area at the local hospital where employees that smoked could go at lunch and breaks. A doctor and my sister developed histoplasmosis due to blackbird nesting in the area and dropping fungus spores.

@cherokeepatti Sorry to hear that bout your sis.

@LunarOrbit I got histoplasmosis over 25 years ago but my immune system fought it. I had plaques on my optic nerve and had a bleed in my eye years later. Had to have an injection of a cancer drug (a tiny drop) to heal it. I think I got it from the blackbirds nesting in trees in the parking area at my apartment complex.

@cherokeepatti Im lucky I never got it with the chicken coop and old house renovations.
Sounds terrible. :(

@LunarOrbit I had chickens a long time ago when I lived in the country. They were roosting in an old building with an open garage. I’d feel sorry for them when it got really cold and put them in a little side room and would get in there and sweep out the litter with a broom to clean it up for them on a regular basis in the winter. Had a warming light too. I would be doing that now without a wet bandanna on my face and then go take a shower after.

@cherokeepatti Yes. I had similar setup. Also used diatomaceous earth to keep the pests off them. That stuff is like talcum powder. It was hard on my lungs

@LunarOrbit You should have worn a mask with diatomaceous earth powder, it’s easy to inhale. Back when I was a child living on the farm my aunt would make a dust bath with wood stove ashes and DDT for the chickens. I used to watch them wallow in that and wiggle around. No mites to be found on those chickens.