Well we have bonfires in the backyard all the time (do a lot of cooking over the fire) and our chickens will walk right up to the darn thing and just hang out. So I'm not sure if there is a certain space there should be between the fire/smoke and themselves...but mine apparently don't care!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. -Oscar Wilde