baby chick head twitching!! please anyone please?

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Jkioneil

Jkioneil

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so my little australorp roo only 2 weeks old keeps shaking his head over and over. like a twitch he will shake it to one side real fast about every 2 seconds. what should i do? there are no mites or lice that i can see. any ideas please help me !!! no other chicks are doing this

it is like a quick shake too
 
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i feel bad i keep reposting this i could really use some advice i will bump it again! anyone had a baby chick do this?
 
Nope, never experienced this.
Is your little chicky eating and drinking well? Growing as fast as the others?
Ear infection? Just a stab in the dark
 
what do you do for an ear infection? he is eating and drinking fine too thanks
 
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Just a possibility, it may be a nutritional issue. Use Polyvisol baby vitamins without iron. Give the chick 2 drops in the beak daily. You can find these vitamins at your supermarket/pharmacy or in the baby food section.
 
I have two, 3-week old chicks that started this twitch as you described. It began yesterday. They seem healthy. Did any of you ever find a solution to this???
 
i think it was normal sneezing from the bedding. They are grown healthy girls now and no problems at all!
 

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