head shaking?

[spish]

i dont think this is an emergency but its something that bugs me.
ive seen my outside chickens do it now and then, maybe once a day or if they've gotten wet....they 'shake' their head (think wet dog shaking water off..that kind of movement but with the head/neck)

but my 'inside' chickens (chabos, frizzle chabos, bantam cochins) seem to be doing it constantly, every time i look at them they are doing it!

i first thought maybe a mite/lice issue, so all got treated with ivermec pour on.....didnt help. so i thought then maybe the bedding, so took out all wood chip/sawdust and gave them just straw. no help. if it was just the frizzle chabos id think maybe some of the frizzled feathers were annoying them...but its most of the others too?



any ideas whats causing it?

 

[purpletree23]

My chickens shake their heads all the time. I don't think you have a problem unless there is discharge from their nose or eyes. Does their coop have a bad ammonia smell? If so it should be cleaned out. It can damage their eyes and lungs and could be causing the shaking.

BUT it there is no ammonia smell I think you are alright.

 

[spish]

nope no ammonia....they dont really have a chicken house...they have their own room with roosts in and lots of floor space in the basement so i have to keep it spotlessly clean or the smell would waft into the house

so its nothing to worry about? super!

 

[purpletree23]

I don't think it is but put a thermometer down there. The one's that register humidity also just to make sure it isn't too dry or damp down there.