Opening and closing beak

[makoo]

So I’ve had chickens growing up and finally have my own house with land and I’m finally starting my own little flock. I have 4 chicks and everything has been going great so far. All happy and healthy. Last night all the babies seemed fine, but this morning this little girl keeps opening and closing her beak and occasionally shaking her head. She’s eating and drinking fine. Running around with the other girls as normal. I picked her up and lightly ran my finger down her throat just to help if she had anything stuck. Does anyone know what may be going on. I’ve never had any chicks do this for extended periods of time. Thank you for any help!

 

[TOMTE]

So I’ve had chickens growing up and finally have my own house with land and I’m finally starting my own little flock. I have 4 chicks and everything has been going great so far. All happy and healthy. Last night all the babies seemed fine, but this morning this little girl keeps opening and closing her beak and occasionally shaking her head. She’s eating and drinking fine. Running around with the other girls as normal. I picked her up and lightly ran my finger down her throat just to help if she had anything stuck. Does anyone know what may be going on. I’ve never had any chicks do this for extended periods of time. Thank you for any help!

Can you get video and post it here? She might just be adjusting her crop. My girls did it a lot when they were young, not as often anymore.

It looks almost like a yawn, and they'd do it anywhere from a few to a dozen times within a couple minutes. It worried me a lot at first, but it was completely normal!

 

[makoo]

Can you get video and post it here? She might just be adjusting her crop. My girls did it a lot when they were young, not as often anymore.

It looks almost like a yawn, and they'd do it anywhere from a few to a dozen times within a couple minutes. It worried me a lot at first, but it was completely normal!

 

[makoo]

I took a video but can’t seem to get it to upload on here. It does look like a yawn and my first thought was adjusting crop, she was just doing it so much it caught me off guard.

 

[TOMTE]

I took a video but can’t seem to get it to upload on here. It does look like a yawn and my first thought was adjusting crop, she was just doing it so much it caught me off guard.

You have to upload it to youtube and then paste the link here: