I have a bald baby.

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Oh my, he is such a little cutie .. I love that he has some fluffy bits.

Kudos to you for giving them the special care they require and not giving up on them
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Ranger Daryl said:
I've actually experienced an interesting genetic anomaly myself, mine involves toes. Years ago, I was given a hen missing her middle toenails. Skip ahead to last winter, I decided to hatch a dozen of my eggs, since I had just gotten rid of my rooster. Only one chick hatched, turned out he was a rooster missing his middle toenails. I had no doubt who that chick came from. He turned out to be a model citizen rooster, so I've kept him around, he only crows once in the morning that I am aware of and my neighbors have not complained. Well I recently discovered a nest full of eggs in the yard, I had no idea who laid them all since they were all different. I suspected some of them because all of my hens have unique eggs. Anyway, I put them in the bator and they just hatched, the last chick to hatch actually has shorter middle toes. So I suspect that this chick inherited to no toenail genes and it manifested as short toes. But I also know that this must be a recessive gene because all of the other chicks have middle toenails.
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Thats interesting....wonder if the rooster and hen both carry the same genes...it may be a dominant gene because it is showing up in all offspring.
 
NorthFLChick said:
If you end up with another one, you could name him/her Edun. That was the name of a certain um, "resort" outside of town years ago...read it backwards.
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AHHH yes that would be a cute name. I only have two more bantam eggs in the incubator and that will be it from them. my sis-in law is going to take the whole flock of feathered bantams. I am keeping my naked babies. The others will be her pets.
 
Following. Such uniquness.

I would like to note thought that newspaper is the Worst possible bedding to use for chicks(well... maybe cedar chips to). As it is very slippery and can cause splay leg. Paper towels are fine though. As the surface is more grippy.

I want to see how this plays out ! Hoping for a trio.

I would also like to add that if you plan on keeping them together, get saddles for the nakeds if they are hens. As streak grows his spurs and nails will too and when he goes to breed, they will cut and Alice the other nakeds.
 
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