Sleeping positions

[Val3rie]

Do chickens typically sleep with their head or beak tucked back "under their wing" or pushed into their feathers to keep their beaks and or combs warm?

 

[ladybugchickenfarms]

My chickens usually stick their little heads underneath their wing.

 

[pineapple416]

Yes my chicken usually sleep with their heads tucked under their wings as well, as far as I know at least.

 

[Silkies for life]

My chickens turn there heads and tuck them into their wing as well, its just what they do I guess!

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

My chickens stick their heads under their wings

 

[lissalischicks]

Yes they will tuck their heads under their wings. Well from what I read they don't tuck, they rest their heads on the wings. (but it sure looking like tucking.) It helps with heat conservation and lets them rest their neck muscles. I notice they do it more when it is colder outside.

 

[mimipeaches]

Mine do or they tuck their head into each other when it's really cold out.

 

[rosemarythyme]

It's common for birds to sleep with their head resting on their shoulder, back, or under a wing. They don't all do it and might not do it all the time.

 

[centrarchid]

They appear to sleep in stages that might also related to how deep they are. When first starting to doze off they hold head close to body but otherwise looking forward. They are harder to sneak up on in that stage. The tucking of head under feathers on back close to wing is when the sleeping is deeper and the birds are easier to sneak up on. During the coarse of the night they appear to alternate back and forth between the two stages.

I can see most of this watching groups using game or time lapse cameras.

 

[aart]

More like behind the wing...tucked in from the top.
Some do it and some don't.