It's not just flu I'm talking about. An animal, any animal or bird, hides injuries, pain, illnesses, in general to continue acting normal so other animals don't pick on them.
Most bird owners usually know if one of their birds is "off" and takes action if necessary. I'm sure you know if any...
This world is going to h*ll-in-a-hand-basket w/ all these human/animal pestilences! I had Covid when we picked up two new Silkie chicks in Dec 2020 and Covid wasn't any worse than any other flu's I've had including Asiatic Flu when I was a kid, then Swine Flu, plus all the subsequent flu...
Glad you brought up the question. I wondered if my chickens could catch flu from us but since we've had chickens for 13 years and have been sick several times (even w/ COVID) none of our hens (we have no roo's) so far ever got sick from us.
But, mosquito bites carrying fowl pox virus have...