Chick ‘yawning’?

[davis_i21]

Newb here. My 5 wk old australorp pullet was ‘yawning’ (mouth gaping open, neck extended) while handling her. Kind of looked like a cross between swallowing and yawning? Probably saw her do it 5 or 6 times. She’s the smallest of the flock. What does this mean?

 

[sourland]

Had she been eating recently? She may have had something caught in her throat. Is she okay now?

 

[davis_i21]

Had she been eating recently? She may have had something caught in her throat. Is she okay now?

I saw all of them eating soon after, her crop feels pretty normal so I’ll check again in the morning to make sure it goes back down! Thanks for the tip!

 

[Spanielkiss]

one of mine started to do that . Almost like she wanted to crow like a rooster . I read she may have a type of worm in her throat . I wormed her and it stopped

 

[Sueby]

Could just be adjusting the crop. You can find videos of what it looks like.

 

[aart]

Could just be adjusting the crop. You can find videos of what it looks like.

Ditto Dat.

 

[Chicken love to infinity]

"She" could be a rooster. My rooster who I thought was a hen at the time, started doing that at 4-6 weeks and turned out to be a rooster. The first time I realized it, I thought it was a yawn but the 7th or 8th time it happened a weird noise came out.