Advice needed - Head shaking in both 9 week old peachicks.

[Cand]

Hi, in a first time peafowl owner, please be kind.

I hatched one peachick from an egg that was given to me, after 2 weeks of raising it with ducks, I could see it needed a companion & separated from the messy ducklings. I found a peachick the same age from a peacock breeder & brought it home at around 2 weeks old.. not too long after being together both peachicks started shaking their heads occasionally.. they are now 9 weeks old & still shaking their heads as though there is an irritation.
They are on grower pheasant feed that was recommended to me by the peacock breeder.. are in a very large dog crate (so good ventilation) with a perch & one red lamp.
They have hemp auboise bedding. Clean water, cage cleaned every other day & they are in our kitchen.. we have dogs in the same kitchen but they don’t mix..

There is no discharge, no sneezing, no gaping or yawning. Poo looks good, they are active & growing very well otherwise.. I have worked out I gave one boy & one peahen.
No visable mites.

When should I worm. Could it be gape worm? Or a sinus infection?

I also provide flint grit.

Please help.

 

[KsKingBee]

You can rule out worms as well since they haven't been outside on the dirt. There is some type of irritant in otherwise healthy chicks so I would look at the bedding. Watch closely at the skin just below the eyes to see if the skin puffs out with every breath, that would be an indication precursor to a sinus problem. At this age they should be on wire for another three weeks then onto the ground.

 

[Cand]

You can rule out worms as well since they haven't been outside on the dirt. There is some type of irritant in otherwise healthy chicks so I would look at the bedding. Watch closely at the skin just below the eyes to see if the skin puffs out with every breath, that would be an indication precursor to a sinus problem. At this age they should be on wire for another three weeks then onto the ground.

Ah, well I did mess up a couple of weeks ago & let them both have a dust bath in the soil on a sunny day, before I read that they shouldn’t free range in their first year.. but they were already head shaking & then hadn’t been out at all. They are not on wire & I have noticed that they occasionally eat dried poop..

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to me. I will check their eyes now.

 

[Cand]

No puffiness while breathing under the eyes..