fires and chickens

[Sheree from Kentucky]

My husband burned some trash from the garage and basement earlier today. Now one of my chickens is dead. Could there be a connection?

 

[Nellydog]

Was there any sign before that your chicken was acting weird or was it sudden? And how old is the chicken?

 

[staceyj]

Was the smoke from the burn pile drifting towards where the chickens were?

Was he burning anything toxic such as plastic, foam, pressure treated wood, paint, chemicals just to name a few
or use gasoline or some other flammable liquid to start the fire?

If so. Yes. It’s very possible.
I am very sorry.

 

[50-45-1]

We have burn barrels and burn our household paper trash. And have never had a problem.
How close is your burn area to the chickens coop and run?
Was there a brease thet maybe carried the smoke twords them?
Was there alot of plastic being burnt?

 

[HuskerHens18]

We have burnt just about anything in our burn barrel, its about 20 yards from the coop, and had never had a death because of it. Now, we are protected from wind. So if it was windy and blew the smoke into the coop, very possible it got in their lungs.

 

[Sheree from Kentucky]

Was there any sign before that your chicken was acting weird or was it sudden? And how old is the chicken?

she was ok a couple of hours ago and I went out to feed them and she is usually the first one to get to me and she didn't show up for dinner. I found her in the run.

 

[Sheree from Kentucky]

We have burn barrels and burn our household paper trash. And have never had a problem.
How close is your burn area to the chickens coop and run?
Was there a brease thet maybe carried the smoke twords them?
Was there alot of plastic being burnt?

not close but it was stinky and the wind was blowing.

 

[Sheree from Kentucky]

We have burn barrels and burn our household paper trash. And have never had a problem.
How close is your burn area to the chickens coop and run?
Was there a brease thet maybe carried the smoke twords them?
Was there alot of plastic being burnt?

I think some plastic. and some other stuff. an old pillow the the dog destroyed this morning....

 

[Sheree from Kentucky]

We have burn barrels and burn our household paper trash. And have never had a problem.
How close is your burn area to the chickens coop and run?
Was there a brease thet maybe carried the smoke twords them?
Was there alot of plastic being burnt?

50 feet or so. don't know what all was in there. I know an old pillow that the dog tore up this morning. The husband burns everything.

 

[Sheree from Kentucky]

Was there any sign before that your chicken was acting weird or was it sudden? And how old is the chicken?

she was ok this morning. age about 20 months or so....