Will BBQ smoke affect the respiratory system?

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

I have a neighbor barbecuing right now and I’m wondering if a chicken would be fine around the smoke? Just curious.

A Random Fluffy Chicken

 

[Farmgirl1878]

What are the specifics? How far away is your neighbor‘s pit? Can you stand the smoke in the chicken area? Can you put the birds in the coop? Is his pit on fire (not just cooking, but like a grease fire or something)? Does he do this every day?

 

[Artichoke Lover]

How much smoke are we talking? Is there a chance this will be a regular thing?

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

Sounds like a family gathering party to me so I don’t think it will be often as in every day. The coop is pretty far from the bbq area but I don’t know the exact distance. The neighbor is just cooking, no fire, I closed the coop just to be safe. It looks like they stopped cooking for now and are all inside, I can still smell a bit of smoke though if I go close enough to the bbq area though.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

If it’s not extremely close and not more than, idk, maybe once a month or so I wouldn’t worry. If it starts to become a problem consider politely asking your neighbor to move his grill farther away from the coop.

 

[21hens-incharge]

We had wildfires here last fall that smoke hung in the trees and the air quality was rated as "hazardous to everyone". It burned the eyes even in the house with windows closed. It went on from mid August to October. Some days were worse than others but it was an everyday thing for over 2 months.
No ill effects on my 19 chickens and 7 ducks.

My neighbors on both sides have fire pits and use them often.

I wouldn't worry to much.

 

[Farmgirl1878]

My hubby and I competed in BBQ contests for many years (think BBQ Pitmasters tv show. We competed against, and sometimes beat those guys!). In terms of smoke, there’s a big difference between just cooking some burgers and hotdogs on the grill and smoking a brisket for fourteen hours. If it’s just a family cookout, your chickens should be fine. If they were downwind from my house? Well, let’s just say they’d be smelling some fiiiiiiiiine ’Q!

 

[Random Fluffy Chicken]

Alrighty, it seems like there no need to worry as long as it doesn’t happen too often. Just wanted to make sure, thanks everyone

A Random Fluffy Chicken