bobbing head chick

[suzeqf]

I got 3 straight blue andalusians(sp) friday after work at our local co-op and one of them bobs her head constantly like Ray Charles does when he sings so her name is Ray Ray at first we thought maybe she was blind or deaf but she caught a bug last night and she even bobs her head when she drinks has anyone has a chick do this before i've felt of her neck and it feels straight and she's eating and drinking and playing around just like all the others

 

[Schwartzfarmnc]

We have a 2 week old EE sort of like the one you are describing, we call her our "special needs chick". She is the bottom of the pecking order and typically by herself most of the time, but she eats just fine and can find goodies by herself too. Maybe the chick is just not up to par with all the others? She is my wife's favorite little girl.

 

[suzeqf]

Ray Ray hangs out with everyone and no one seems to be picking on her and she seems just as content to cozy up with the older girls which are a week older as she does my batums and she's the least skidish of the bunch and when i come in to check on them she's usually the one who comes to greet me she's becoming my favorite too

 

[wolftracks]

try giving them 1-2 drops of Polyvisol (NO IRON!) and see if that helps.

 

[suzeqf]

Where do I get the Polyvisol

 

[wolftracks]

Some Walmarts have it, but only place I could find it without iron was at Babies R Us.

 

[Schwartzfarmnc]

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I bought some at Walgreens, I did give some to ours but did not see that it helped any, and she did NOT like it at all, don't blame her it smells horrible

 

[wolftracks]

The ones I bought it for didn't like it either, but my neighbor had silkies and they were shaking and turning their necks, so I finally found some and bought it for her. The chicks are outside now and they were better right away.