Chick backing up after drinking.

[thecatumbrella]

An update...

Willow is now 13 weeks-old, and the behavior's resumed spontaneously over the last few weeks. It's very on/off. We're retreating with B complex + E and will update again if it resolves.

 

[RoyalChick]

An update...

Willow is now 13 weeks-old, and the behavior's resumed spontaneously over the last few weeks. It's very on/off. We're retreating with B complex + E and will update again if it resolves.

But otherwise, and up to now, she has been doing OK?

 

[thecatumbrella]

But otherwise, and up to now, she has been doing OK?

Yes. I really thought she was cured (or outgrew it). I'll frequently find her with her head down (almost like she's wiping her beak) and backing up until she hits a wall. That seems to reset her forward momentum.

Not only that, but we've occasionally seen the same behavior with her sister, Wren. I really don't know what to think.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes. I really thought she was cured (or outgrew it). I'll frequently find her with her head down (almost like she's wiping her beak) and backing up until she hits a wall. That seems to reset her forward momentum.

Not only that, but we've occasionally seen the same behavior with her sister, Wren. I really don't know what to think.

I am beginning to think 'eccentricity' - but I would still give vitamins just in case.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I am beginning to think 'eccentricity' - but I would still give vitamins just in case.

It's certainly a lot easier now that she's bigger! Trying to dose a 10 day-old bantam chick was like threading a wiggling needle.