- Mar 10, 2013
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I need some help with this little guy. He/ she? Only 4 weeks old and stopped growing feathers.
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[COLOR=333333]Exerpt taken from: Chicken Genes of Common Interest- [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]"Incompletely dominant. The action of the frizzle gene is localized in the feather follicle. It causes a structure abnormality in the feather and abnormalities of internal organs (enlarged heart, spleen, gizzard and alimentary canal) are common." A chicken with wings that cannot function at all.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Had I known this I would not have bought my poor lil Frizzle, He is so sad & pathetic it breaks my heart. This is a breed that no matter how cute SOME are - they cannot have a pleasant life. He can't fly even to get up on the 2 ft roost, so roosts on the ground beneath the rest of the flock in order to be close- which puts him in the line of fire from chicken plops from the others. He has big bald spots I can find no cure for. I sold the ones that were abusing him, but they didnt cause the baldness under his wings. I wholeheartedly wish that this bird no longer be bred at all, It is horribly cruel to subject any lifeto endure the way they live. Its like deliberately breeding a dog with 2 legs.
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