week old chicks shake their heads only when sleeping

[atucker]

Hello,

First time with baby chicks! I have 3 silkies, 1 brahma and 1 mystery chick. They are all 1 week old today. When they are laying down to sleep, I noticed they twitch their heads a lot. They all do it when they first lay down to sleep, 2 silkies tend to keep doing it while they are sleeping. None of them have any signs of health concerns and they do not do it when they're walking around, eating, drinking, visting with me etc. Only at nap time...

Any advice? Is this normal?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Yup this is normal! It’s just something that chicks do when sleeping!

 

[atucker]

Thank you so much for the reassurance!!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Any time!

 

[TDubz]

At what age does this stop? My 2.5 week old still shakes when resting/falling asleep but not any other time.