That was my first thought too, but because they are evenly spaced out dots... like pores or feather follicles I can't help but wonder if it has something to do with the hypermelanism trait. I emailed the breeder to ask. As for now, he's drying off and acting like a normal chick, so it's just...
I had a Svart Hona chick just hatch out (which took almost 24 hours) and the chick has little black spheres on him and the inside of the egg has black spots. Has anyone seen this before? Is this a fungus or something? Do I need to quarantine this lil guy?
So I ordered some rare eggs to hatch from a facebook auction of barbezieux and svart hona chickens. They were paid for through paypal and shipped by the seller in a timely fashion. However they then ended up delivered to the wrong county, the post office must have literally inverted some of...