Expert chicken people, do chickens ever really yawn?

[thndrdancr]

Ok, I know the repeated yawn type behavior is a sign of gapes. And I do believe my chickens had that in the past, and I was able to treat it.

But what I am asking is....like when my one chicken wakes up after an afternoon nap, she will yawn, just once....a big ol yawn, and then go about her business? So...do they ever really yawn for real, or is it always a sign of a gape problem?

Or do I need to treat again, ya think?

 

[barg]

Here we are again, waiting for someone who knows what they are talking about to answer our questions... and waiting

and waiting

I do want to know though, how did you treat for gape?

Please note, this does not answer jills question and she still awaits your informed reply

 

[thndrdancr]

Fenbendazole is the normal treatment and I happened to have some of it. Wasnt real sure on dosage, had to do some reading, cant remember now. And I wasnt sure how to dose it, I added it to their water, and it worked, its been awhile tho.

I had let them eat earthworms (in my newbie days), like I could stop them tho, when they were running around in the spring in the wet season. Anyhow I am just sure they had gapes, I never SEEN anything, but they had runny poo, CONSTANT yawning, scratching at their necks, etc. And after I treated for it, the yawn/craning/scratching at their throat went away. So....

 

[FamilyOfChickens]

I'm no expert, but mine yawn occasionly.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Yes, and they can fart and burp too.

 

[schmoo]

I watched mine eat a feather once

and it did the yawning thing for awhile. I'm sure it was just stuck in her throat.

 

[Wolfpacker]

I've seen a mine yawn in the AM when I open their coop. And I don't know what "gapes" is.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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Isn't gapes some type of worm?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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Yawn, shake, poop, get off the roost. Samething every morning.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

My ducks yawn sometimes. If I remember, they were yawning one morning and I was tired, so I yawned too and it turned into a short yawning competition (some people say yawning is a display of dominance in animals and that is why it is "contagious").