yawning chicken???

[Hennyhandler]

Today i realized one of my chickens that is about 14 weeks old opens and closes her mouth repeatedly. It's like shes yawning or just stretching her mouth open. I thought maybe she was trying to regurgitate because at one point it looked like something came up that she chewed and swallowed again. The thing is she continued to open her mouth afterwards and it's not like she is straining either. This came on suddenly as she wasn't like this yesterday. ANY info on this would be helpful. I'm new at this so if it's normal i would have no clue and would love to know.

Thanks.

 

[pipermark]

I have seen this behavior from time to time, and it simply went away. If the crop looks fine, feathers are not fluffed out , and the bird is eating and drinking, I think things will be ok.

 

[chickenfever]

Mine have done this occasionally too, I'm not sure why

 

[Hennyhandler]

thanks and you were right it seemed to have went away. weird aint it?

 

[TipsyDog]

Mine did this also for awhile and I thought "Gapeworm!". But no, it went away. Go figure!