r/BackYardChickens • u/HappyEquine84 • 12h ago
Sneezing in chickens? Heath Question
Okay so every list I see of symptoms in chickens when their health is failing has sneezing in it. Does that mean ANY sneezing is bad? Do they sneeze occasionally when healthy too, and it's just excessive sneezing that's bad? If so, what's excessive? I hear sneezes occasionally from our small flock, but it seems very occasional and not usually the same bird. Everything else seems great, they're hungry, alert, curious and still laying eggs. All are from the same batch of chicks and are less than 1, I think they were born in late spring. I try and spend at least 20 minutes every morning just chilling with them to see how they are, and in that time period I might hear one or two sneezes from different chickens. I don't always hear one, although there does seem to be a bit more recently, I assumed because of the cold weather.
Pic of said flock, cause they're cute 🙂
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u/BellaJen 4h ago
My 3 little bantams love to sneeze on me. It's just something mine do. When they fly up and hang out on my arm I swear they are doing it to me on purpose lol.
https://preview.redd.it/qlt03wblhgce1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1d29a9895b0647c1b87c21dff6ff81a5a6e4f6f
The monsters, (left to right) Butterscotch, Marshmallow, and Caramel. I love these 3 derps so stinking much lol.