Chicken sunbathing
Update: I can see why people would think the chicken was sick or dying or something, but up to this point I had this chicken for a while and she has sunbathed like this for years and looked like this for years, except for the winter where she would grow her full amount of feathers, she liked to be like this in the sun and sometimes gave us a scare when we first saw her like this, but I can assure you she was happy in this moment and we are taking care of her best we can. I thank you guys all for the concern for the chicken and happy to see people concerned for chickens. This chicken was happy in the moment, not too long after this video was taken she just stood up and went to take a dust bath.
Sunbathing? That thing looks like its barely clinging on to life
She looks fried lol
Freshest KFC ever
She’s frazzled
This is the typical amount of feathers for bdubs traditional wings
Aren’t we all barely clinging to life?
I've looked like that after a night of heavy drinking
Exactly, they’re so sad and need some love
I also thought this chicken was dying, but upon second viewing-its eyes are intelligent and aware. I believe this is an unfortunate weird crossbreed.
Frazzle
Lot of people don't know much about chickens lol.
Naaah. She needs a better home broskie. Girl looks either hot or stressed.
She's a frazzle, so will likely always have the odds against her.
You need to not comment. You have no clue
She looks like a turken/naked-neck crossed with something frizzled❤️ I love her😭
Sometimes this cross can come out looking more frazzled than frizzled lol I love them. She looks to be enjoying the sun
She needs help, she's in bad condition
nope
Farts for brains.... the lot of you.
Ive owned chickens, ive known MANY MANY people who have had and still have chickens. Ive seen stressed chickens and sick chickens and chickens that get bullied and not a single one looked like this. (Except for a boy that got his holy jesus pecked out of him). This chickens body language screams hot, bothered and pretty unhealthy.
Edit: I take it back, she looks unhealthy and sun burnt but her breating is fine.
I have a ton of chickens my self currently and have been a wildlife rehabber for 30 yrs. She ain't right
Hilarious that all of yall think shes dying. She looks healthy. Probably just a cross from 2 feather morph breeds. Frazzle i think theyre called? A frizzle x frizzle cross can have this outcome. Same with frizzle x naked neck.
Chickens look weird under those feathers. This chook looks fat and happy.
Yeah, no.. I know almost nothing about chickens but it's very obvious from the labored breathing that this isn't just a feather morph.
Yeah, no.. just pipe down if you know “almost nothing”.
Just hold it in next time. Reddit Karma isn’t that important.
Haha its fine, id rather it be a bit more polite and less accusatory of an animal being in distress but this is where education comes in handy :] i specialize in and rehabilitate avians, especially chickens and livestock animals, and have seen alot!! Everyone in the comments thinks this chook is dying but i can tell you for sure its not. Its sunbathing and having a great time
Hahaha, i can tell!! Yes some chooks will breathe like that when cuddled up or sunbathing. Theyre just cooking themselves and taking big huffs. Her eyes are soft, leg stretched out, soft glances, the breaths arent rapid or with the tongue, theyre very chesty breaths which is good!! She looks calm and heated up. Ive seen my girls do this every first sun after a long rain. Some of them ill run out cause i think theyre dead/dying, but theyre not.
Birds dont express pain. You'll only see a bird actually sickly looking if its close to dying. Its VERY obvious with sick birds luckily.
Didn't see this before I made my previous comment, mb! I should've done a little research on what labored breathing in chickens would look like first. That's weird that they take such big breaths like that!
Youre okay!! It happens. Its cute after you get used to it, i can them chuffs. Sometimes, with each breath they'll purr as well. Ive had alot of house chickens too, so you get to know their individual behaviors too
I have had chickens for five years and this bird is doing what mine do when they are really enjoying a sun bath or dust bath. Chickens are just odd to us so many people may freak out over something that is totally normal for them.
heres the chicken closeup!
Right... Your point being? It's breathing is still very labored and it overall just doesn't seem happy.
My poijt is that the chicken is fine... its just sunbathing, thats how they look. It has a very soft expression and is doing light pruning of its feathers, its chilling. You literally said you know nothing about chickens. Im letting you know, as someone who raises a ton of em every year for the past 12 years, its fine. It has way too much color in its face and plumpness around the giblets to be really sick. Maybe full crop, worst case scenario.
Shes fine. Not everything on reddit is worthy of a witch hunt. Shes okay and very happy in that sunny spot.
It’s normal dude. My birds do this all the time after rolling around dustbathing. Chickens don’t have lungs like us, they have air sacks along their body
They usually do that after rolling around in attempts of dustbathing.
If you JUST look at the head and nothing else, youll see shes big chilling. Promise!
Omg, she is totally bald and beautiful! 😍
Is she molting?
Could be!!! I dont see many signs of it though, nor is it the season for it anywhere (if this is a recent video). These look like her normal feathers, shes just a weird mutt :]
Frazzle
People think it's sick because it's heaving while breathing
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Hahahah ikr!!
You guys she's not sick just a bit bald. Be nice to her 😭
she’s dying…
Shes okay, dont worry 😊 shes just sunbathing and has a genetic issue with her feathering. Most likely frizzle x frizzle cross.
Frazzle
Looks like sour crop
You cant diagnose sour crop visually as that is a physical ailment where symptoms do not present as lethargy unless the crop is actively infected and the chook hasnt eaten in days. This chicken is not malnourished or in pain, its just sunbathing.
Hobo chicken
This is terrifying
It's run afowl of soemthing
That chicken looks cooked.
She looks cooked
NSFW
I was worried at first but her eyes are so bright and full of life.
I wonder what breed her parents were, Those curly feathers...
2 Frizzles= Frazzle
Lol, love it!
Look like there may be something wrong with it
norwood reaper spares no one, not even chickens...
Me too chicken, me too..
She looks like one of our poor hens who was the rooster’s favourite. Plucked half naked.
She's just a little scrungly it's ok 🧡
They just filming like paparazzi
All I'm saying is that this chicken looks like Deadpool when he takes off the mask.
please tell me how you updated a video caption, unless you just reposted the entire post.
Look like a dark souls monster
As a poultry farmer. That bird is sick. Very sick and very under fed
Your chicken's breath is labored, how do you not see that
Banana
Poor baby needs emergency vet care.
OP, is this your chicken?? It's very sick. Please take her inside and give her some Poultry Cell or other vitamins. Add water to her feed to make mush, and let her eat it out of your hand if that's the only way she'll eat. Keep her warm.
Why is it like this? Are you sick?
Its sunbathing, shes fine!
Bro that chicken is dying
Nope, just sunning :] they also like planting themselves flat on the ground to sunbathe and they look like theyve been run over by a car with how much they poof up
That chicken is struggling to breath
No it's not, don't worry!! It's normal for chickens to breathe deeply while sunbathing. Notice how it's taking deep huffs with a soft expression, it's mouth is partially closed and it's breathing is slow? That with the sunbathing context tells us its just happy and warming up!! Heres a link to a vid i took of JUST the face so you can see its actual demeanor without the bias of a scruffy looking body and weird breathing behind it
Its not letring me post it so just use your hands to cover the body and JUST look for the face expression
Her breathing is terrible. Not healthy
Her breathing is fine!!! Shes just heating up while sunbathing, shes just fine and very happy :)
Probably egg bound.
Looks like she is missing a lot of vital vitamines this is not normal. She looks like she has trouble breathing as well. If anything she looks very much abused ...
It’s a frazzle mix and it’s perfectly normal for dustbathing birds to breath heavily
Its very common for frazzle mix to be sickly. Basically its abuse to breed them. Its inbred chicken bro
From my understanding it only effects the feathers
Then you should do some research, it affects a lot more then feathers for example the heart that leeds to heavy breathing etc.
Bird needs help ASAP!
Nope, its fine :]