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post #1 of 16
4/9/12 at 7:37am
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I have 4 chicken. Two of them are roosters. They are about half a year old and one of them has very beautiful feathers while the other never got real feathers! He still has the baby fluff and the feathers on his wings and tail are half-half. Is it normal that some roosters take very long to get their real full feathers?  The one on the left is the weird one.

 

 Both roosters next to each other. when they stand up their back is about 22cm tall. The rooster with the weird hair is actually a bit taller than the other.

Animals are awesome! I try to have as many as I can without getting my parents broke! In the aviary we have: 2 Budgies, 4 Chinese Blue Breasted Quail and one small leopard tortoise. In the yard we have: 7 Chicken (2 silkie hens, 4 other farm mix hens, one farm mix rooster) and one large leopard tortoise. We also have 2 dogs, some fish and shrimp. Chicken are AWESOME!! :D 

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Animals are awesome! I try to have as many as I can without getting my parents broke! In the aviary we have: 2 Budgies, 4 Chinese Blue Breasted Quail and one small leopard tortoise. In the yard we have: 7 Chicken (2 silkie hens, 4 other farm mix hens, one farm mix rooster) and one large leopard tortoise. We also have 2 dogs, some fish and shrimp. Chicken are AWESOME!! :D 

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post #2 of 16
4/9/12 at 7:40am

That is strange. I've heard of other folks here on BYC that have had "big babies" too. I should think he'll start growing feathers soon.

 

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~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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post #3 of 16
4/9/12 at 7:48am
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Ok. thanks smile.png I really hope so. If anyone knows what type of breed this might be pls tell me. I could still upload some more pics if you need a better one.  

Animals are awesome! I try to have as many as I can without getting my parents broke! In the aviary we have: 2 Budgies, 4 Chinese Blue Breasted Quail and one small leopard tortoise. In the yard we have: 7 Chicken (2 silkie hens, 4 other farm mix hens, one farm mix rooster) and one large leopard tortoise. We also have 2 dogs, some fish and shrimp. Chicken are AWESOME!! :D 

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Animals are awesome! I try to have as many as I can without getting my parents broke! In the aviary we have: 2 Budgies, 4 Chinese Blue Breasted Quail and one small leopard tortoise. In the yard we have: 7 Chicken (2 silkie hens, 4 other farm mix hens, one farm mix rooster) and one large leopard tortoise. We also have 2 dogs, some fish and shrimp. Chicken are AWESOME!! :D 

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post #4 of 16
4/9/12 at 8:16am

Well its a genetic thing. I am told. Same gene determines if they would be "silkies" I suspect. Feathers, Scales or hair are all determined by that same gene group, I think. I think he is sorta cool. Clearly its not the chick fluff, but rather a mutated feather form.
 

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I have 4 chicken. Two of them are roosters. They are about half a year old and one of them has very beautiful feathers while the other never got real feathers! He still has the baby fluff and the feathers on his wings and tail are half-half. Is it normal that some roosters take very long to get their real full feathers?  The one on the left is the weird one.

 

 Both roosters next to each other. when they stand up their back is about 22cm tall. The rooster with the weird hair is actually a bit taller than the other.



 

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4/9/12 at 11:14am

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
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post #6 of 16
4/9/12 at 4:15pm
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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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post #7 of 16
4/9/12 at 4:16pm

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post #8 of 16
4/9/12 at 4:27pm
Rey cool if he stays that way! If it's a mutation, it could be the start of a cool breeding program.
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post #9 of 16
4/9/12 at 5:53pm

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
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post #10 of 16
4/9/12 at 6:03pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. I had a bantam cochin that looked like that. It never really grew any so called feathers, just fluff. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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