Really, I am not sure! Can chickens cough?
2006-12-15 08:02:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I think the answer is YES!
The only thing I know about chickens (apart from the fact that the corn fed ones are well tasty) is that the world record for keeping a headless chicken alive is 18 months (see link below). His name was "Mike" and he eventually choked to death due to the fact that the bit that encapsulated his coughing-reflex (i.e. his head) had been removed.
For the record chicken-fact-fans, chickens have a significant proportion of their brains located in their spines which is why Mike survived for so long without his bonce.
2006-12-15 08:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can cough which is why Bird Flu is on the march.The only defense is an extra strong garlic sandwich every evening before going to bed. Crush two segments of garlic on a buttered piece of bread-three is better but it can be a bit hot. Add some sliced tomatoes if you can't take your garlic straight like a man should.Make sure your wife has one otherwise there will be ructions if you offer her a goodnight kiss.
Actually there is no defense as yet apart from Hepa filter masks. The vaccine isn't yet readily available. The previous paragraph was just written as a bit of fun. :-)
2006-12-15 14:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Birdman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about chickens, but when we were camping one year we were next to a sheep that kept coughing and keeping us awake.
2006-12-15 08:09:45 · answer #3 · answered by L.R.O. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes chickens are able to cough. I had a chicken that had a throat corrosion, which caused it to kinda swaloow its tongue. it made a sound almost like a whoosh slash vroom sound
2006-12-15 08:11:51 · answer #4 · answered by Valerie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can!
They get respiratory infections.Birds may be seen coughing, sneezing and get conjunctivitis too.
Guess they sympathise with us too.
2006-12-15 08:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by OO7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can cough, and they can sneeze too. Most birds can.
2006-12-15 08:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can sneeze, and they cough up food if it gets stuck, so I'm guessing they can...
2006-12-15 08:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by Fu Manchu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. I was in the queue behind one in the chemists the other day. I felt really sorry for her as she said she has nowhere to put her handkerchief.
2006-12-15 10:17:06 · answer #8 · answered by Robin H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm sorry which you're "below the components", Octavio... i won't make you rooster soup; whether, i will make you a number of my famously delicious vegetable and miso (soybean paste) soup... (that is reported as the eastern penicillin - great for the immune equipment and for the digestive tract, too...)... right here's a digital bowl for you... experience greater valuable, my chum...
2016-12-18 14:06:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a good question, im not sure but if they do then i think they probably make a sort of squaking noise or a throaty groan.
2006-12-15 08:11:44 · answer #10 · answered by joey j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋