Am I allergic to my baby chicks???

[redheadjamie]

On Friday we purchased an Amerucana, a Jersey Giant, and a Tetra Tint - for the past 2 days I've been sneezing like crazy, can't breathe and am generally very miserable. Am I allergic to one or more of them??? I should mention they are all in one cage on my kitchen counter (behold my mother would KILL ME if she knew I was raising baby chickens in my kitchen) they are on kiln dried pine bedding, we change that daily and feed them often.

This is above and beyond a normal seasonal allergy reaction as pollen counts here are in the 300s.

Any ideas???

Thanks!
Jamie

 

[Island Roo]

Sound s like allergy. I get a similar reaction to the brooder which somehow landed in my workshop. Not sure if its the shavings, the food, or the chicks themselves. Or maybe just a reaction to having something cute in my workshop.
The same thing happened last year but I don't get the reaction from our adult birds in the coop. Same shavings, different food.
With allergies - everyone is different.