They do look funny. This is also why they bob their head when they walk, they stick out their neck and then the rest of the body follows to “catch up ” with it.

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http://www.cogsci.nl/blog/stabilizing-vision-do-the-chicken-head.html (They are citing this book: Land, M.F., & Nilsson, D.E. (2002). Animal Eyes. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.) (Last accessed 09.07.2021)