Why

chickenGRAFFITI

Songster
12 Years
Dec 18, 2009
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do my chickens "smack their lips" like they are chewing when they are in my lap and I am petting them? I was just wondering if anyone has some insight to this mystery.
 
I'm not sure. Mine do it too, though.
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Yes! It's a sign of contentness, lots of different birds do it. If you ever had a parakeet or cockatiel you have probably heard that sound they make (It sounds like a finger nail on a rough surface) with their beak when you give them a head rub, or right before they go to sleep.
 
I've always thought that smacking lips is a remnant behavior from chickens that see you as "mama" left over from when mama birds fed their young before chickens were chickens.
 

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