I was really concerned........I have a newish pullet that gets chased a bit and because of this she grabs a hunk of food and runs away trying to gulp it down. She'll have her beak open trying to get it down - I chop things up for all of them, but this one seems to struggle getting it down! And then she finally swallows it *whew* Then I was thinking, if I remember right, don't chickens have "barbs" of some kind down their throats? therefore, not a risk for choking?