Hatchery chick with two different sizes wings?

[RememberTheWay]

I just ordered chicks from Meyers. Of what survived (so far, 5 days post delivery) there are few that have obvious defects. One stands out though because I wasn't aware it could even happen. Right out of the box it has two different very obviously different sizes wings. It doesn't appear to have anything else wrong with it.

Has anyone else ever seen these?

I will post pictures later. Google Pixel 3 phone that the camera has a programming bug and stops working. Ugh. I have to wait for someone to get home.

 

[aart]

Right out of the box it has two different very obviously different sizes wings. It doesn't appear to have anything wrong with it.

That is something wrong, IMO.

What were the other defects?
More details on timing of shipment and deaths.

 

[RememberTheWay]

That is something wrong, IMO.

What were the other defects?
More details on timing of shipment and deaths.

I meant besides the wing size issue. Lol.

Five toes but only on one side. Slight webbing between toes in some. One was standing very bizarrely, making me think it was actually something other then a chicken.



Shipping monday-wend this wk from Meyers to middle Tennessee. No heat pack. Was chilly here in TN. Ordered 47 chicks, they were packed into a two sided box.

One bantam thrown in with the LF chicks. It died about two hrs after opening the box and was in terrible condition when I opened it. I'm up to 13 losses now at five days post delivery.

Ordered Salmon faverolles (most died 5)
Ordered Australorp - several died
Jersey giants- several died
White rocks - one or two died
And then a couple assortments of which several have died- a little yellow one that I thought might be an Orpington and some chipmunk pattern ones

Over all it's been 13 deaths of the 47 that made it. I still have some that I'm worried about. I've posted about it in other threads too

The deaths have been pretty sudden. I will look and think okay everyone is fine and then chack again and more will have passed. It's insane.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Shipping can be very hard on them. Did you offer electrolytes, vitamins, etc. in the water to help with stress? Wouldn't hurt to do so even after 5 days, since you've had continued losses.

As far as the chick with different wing sizes, it could just be a feathering defect, or if you notice other differences from one side vs the other, it could possibly be a chimera. Too early to guess especially without photos, but we do see a couple pop up on the forum each year.

The ones with excess webbing between the toes could possibly end up with impacted toe pockets once they're grown, which isn't the end of the world but mostly just an annoyance that need to be cleaned out.

 

[RememberTheWay]

Shipping can be very hard on them. Did you offer electrolytes, vitamins, etc. in the water to help with stress? Wouldn't hurt to do so even after 5 days, since you've had continued losses.

As far as the chick with different wing sizes, it could just be a feathering defect, or if you notice other differences from one side vs the other, it could possibly be a chimera. Too early to guess especially without photos, but we do see a couple pop up on the forum each year.

The ones with excess webbing between the toes could possibly end up with impacted toe pockets once they're grown, which isn't the end of the world but mostly just an annoyance that need to be cleaned out.

Thanks for the suggestions. Might be helpful for someone else but I was already doing all that and more. Lots of the chicks had bloody noses up on arrival. At first I was thinking maybe just relentless pecking but now after so many losses I wonder if some kind of trauma happened. Package got stopped, or slung, slammed on the brakes and the chicks hit the side of the box? Not really sure. Most that have passed were ones I was worried about from the moment I inspected everyone at arrival. They just never fully recovered. I think they may have also been weak from the start.

Never heard of a chimera. I'm going to have to research that now.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Never heard of a chimera. I'm going to have to research that now.

This is a recent one that's really interesting: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chick-with-deformed-wing.1606026/page-2#post-27374993 - when you mentioned the wing, it made me remember it.

 

[RememberTheWay]

Here are the pictures of this little one

 

[rosemarythyme]

Huh that is interesting... almost looks like one is out of place relative to the other. It'll be interesting to watch it grow up and see what it looks like later on.

 

[RememberTheWay]

And a few more

 

[RememberTheWay]

Huh that is interesting... almost looks like one is out of place relative to the other. It'll be interesting to watch it grow up and see what it looks like later on.

Yeah I know. It's really bizarre. Came from Meyers. Also when it arrived I was questioning what species (something different then a chicken all together because the assortment we got it was a possibility) it was because it was standing very bizarrely. Very upright, like completely vertical from feet to head almost no forward slant like what you see if typical chicks. It isn't standing as pronounced as it was like as much anymore but it still has a different and more upright posture then all the other chicks. It's very strange.

I was also just noticing that it kind of looks like that entire side of its body may be slightly larger?