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    Head shaking of 5-6 wk chicks. Is this a problem?

    It could be something, or it could be nothing. You can upload to youtube and post a link to youtube for others to watch. I never could decide myself, and my chick eventually stopped, instead of getting worse. Some of my other chicks started doing the same, then eventually stopped. Could have...
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    Head shaking of 5-6 wk chicks. Is this a problem?

    Eventually my chick quit doing this, maybe around 10-12 weeks? One member suggested she was adjusting her crop. I think that may have been the case, cause she's fine now. It was never a constant thing, but she would do it often with only a few seconds between twitches. Also may have been her...
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    Head shaking of 5-6 wk chicks. Is this a problem?

    Thanks for the information! Super helpful! I had searched Backyard Chickens and found so much information that didn't seem to quite apply to the head twisting my birds are doing. I had heard that if you put the grit into a container by itself when the chicks were really young, they could...
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    Head shaking of 5-6 wk chicks. Is this a problem?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) I had one chick (ISA Brown - "Ativan") that was shaking her head sideways when I brought her home from Rural King. Seemed like a tic, but she wouldn't do it very often. I think she's...
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