- Jul 10, 2020
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Hi all,
This spring we hatched Wyandotte and Bresse eggs. We noticed a few weeks ago that the Bresse roosters ONLY (not the Bresse hens or any of the Wyandottes) were doing this strange head shake. Our experience with chickens is limited to Wyandottes, who have very compact combs, and since the Bresse roosters have such gloriously large combs, I'm wondering if this is a deliberate head shake to scratch an itch, or something? At first, we thought it could possibly be wry neck, so we amped up the vitamins to treat that. Nothing has changed. Only the Bresse roosters seem to do this (and it seems to be all of them, not very often) - which is curious.
I'm attaching a video of one of them in action. This particular one has wry tail - we are aware.
Any insights?
Thanks!
This spring we hatched Wyandotte and Bresse eggs. We noticed a few weeks ago that the Bresse roosters ONLY (not the Bresse hens or any of the Wyandottes) were doing this strange head shake. Our experience with chickens is limited to Wyandottes, who have very compact combs, and since the Bresse roosters have such gloriously large combs, I'm wondering if this is a deliberate head shake to scratch an itch, or something? At first, we thought it could possibly be wry neck, so we amped up the vitamins to treat that. Nothing has changed. Only the Bresse roosters seem to do this (and it seems to be all of them, not very often) - which is curious.
I'm attaching a video of one of them in action. This particular one has wry tail - we are aware.
Any insights?
Thanks!