dixie chick Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Does any one know if beak wiping has any behavioural significance or is it simply in order to get surplus food off the beak? I noticed my poor little bottom-of-the-pecking order Speckled Sussex wiping her beak on the roosting bars today and I wondered if she was trying to tell me something ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 mine beak wipe when they have been scratching around and got bits of mud ect on thier beak. Might be worth checking to see if she has and bubbles of fluid coming from her nostrils though especially if she is wiping it alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Mine do it when they eat something wet to get the mess off their beaks. They have impeckable table manners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Ohhh what a pun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 :groan: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Chickens do that to get wet grass, excess food etc. off their beak. Perfectly normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandkymberley Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Mine do it too. In fact, I would say all birdies do it. We used to have a canary and she used to wipe her beak lots. Look out for wild birds in your garden and you'll suddenly notice a lot of similar characteristics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixie chick Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Thanks everyone for your most reassuring replies - I guess I am just a paranoid new chicken mummy! I have started mixing some of their growers pellets with warm water to make a mash - which they seem to prefer to the dry pellets - and they are all furiously beak wiping now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoop Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 All birds do it. Even sparrows and blue tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Previously discussed *here*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosPet Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 My two jump up on my lap and wipe their dirty beaks on my trousers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 My two jump up on my lap and wipe their dirty beaks on my trousers! not just my lot then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
