The sideways look

[TracyDW]

Hi everyone,
My super sweet Orpington seems to look at me sideways a lot, is this normal? She seems fine but is the only one that does this, thank you

 

[Brooks_]

She's suspicious.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Not to freak you out but my blind chicken used to do this. Are her eyes normal? Mine had abnormal pupils from the time she was a chick

 

[Jenessa_096]

Not to freak you out but my blind chicken used to do this. Are her eyes normal? Mine had abnormal pupils from the time she was a chick

I agree, if she can see normally she should be just fine .

 

[Isadora]

If I remember correctly, chickens see closer up with one eye and farther away with the other, so she's probably using her closer up eye to check our what you're doing.

 

[TracyDW]

I’ll look closely at her pupils, thanks. She can get around but I wonder now if her sight is ok, she’s blending in with the others better now but was a bit odd at first, hmmm

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I didn't realize my chicken was blind until she was older. I'm a bad chicken keeper

 

[CalBickieMomma]

My girls (and boys) will do this. I consider it their 'checking in' look - making sure Mama Chicken is still there and giving them attention . My youngest Barred Rock will gaze at me with one eye for what seems for AGES when she's sitting in my lap. In fact, if babies do this to me when I'm at the feed store, and I already have met and surpassed my chicken threshold, I must leave immediately or I shall fall prey to their adorableness and take them home .

 

[Jenessa_096]

My girls (and boys) will do this. I consider it their 'checking in' look - making sure Mama Chicken is still there and giving them attention . My youngest Barred Rock will gaze at me with one eye for what seems for AGES when she's sitting in my lap. In fact, if babies do this to me when I'm at the feed store, and I already have met and surpassed my chicken threshold, I must leave immediately or I shall fall prey to their adorableness and take them home .

Same! All the time!!!

 

[Jenessa_096]

I didn't realize my chicken was blind until she was older. I'm a bad chicken keeper

We all learn along the way! That doesn’t mean your a bad chicken keeper!