- Mar 3, 2011
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Any idea what would cause a 5 day old chick to scratch her head like crazy while crying in distress? My chick is doing it every evening at almost the same time, tonight it is particularly severe and we are afraid we will lose her as she scratches in panic and then rests with her eyes shut head between her legs and sometimes stays upside down.. e-mailed the hatchery and they said they never saw anything like this. it is not ear mites as all the other 15 chicks are perfectly fine.. here is a video of an episode, every episode lasts 10-15 minutes and then the chick acts normally the rest of the evening and day after... really the oddest thing I ever saw..
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