Head shaking?

[new 2 pfowl]

Hi pea people,
Have you ever seen peas rapidly shaking their heads? So their beaks rattle a bit?

Minny has been doing this off and on for a while, but he's blind in one eye so I just assumed he might have accidentally gotten a burr or something stuck on his head because he couldn't see where he was going. Or I thought: mites in his ear or something like that.

This morning I see Pippy and Twig doing this as well, and I wonder if I should be worried? None of these boys have any other symptoms that I can see.

Thanks!

 

[zazouse]

Check her for feather mites, they are hard to see but they will cause her to do this, once ya got her in hand I would put 1cc of ivermec at the base of her tail and 1cc at the base of her neck and if you find mites dust her also with some 7 dust. this is what I have had to do when I found mites on one of my young hens so I did them all.
I noticed that peas in breeding season do not dust bath like they should and my main peacock never once dust batherd during breeding season hence I had a few break out with tiney tiney white feather mites.

 

[casportpony]

Sometimes mine shake their heads when I talk to them a certain way.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

Mine just look at me like WHAT! they like my singing though

 

[Chicken Keith]

That's an awesome pic, zaz.

 

[AugeredIn]

Head shaking is mostly due to gnats, but could be lice or mites. Use a cc of pour on Ivermectin on the back of the neck and they will thank you.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thanks you guys!

I'm glad none of you suggested any serious ailments.
I actually think gnats might be a possibility - seems like I've been seeing a lot of little flyers lately.
I hope it's not mites because, sorry to say, there's no possible way I'm catching these free rangers to dose them with Ivermectin.

 

[Dany12]

Pea have they cleaning station too !






http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/SymbiosisBehave.html#cleaning

 

[zazouse]

Pea have they cleaning station too !






http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/SymbiosisBehave.html#cleaning

Beautiful photos