This is him. I’m not sure if the red is from feather damage or from just leakage. But the tail is real bad. He should be white with blue spots.
For reference, this is a dark blue cockerel from the same hatch above. Below is a light blue hen to show the color that the poor cockerel should have.
I’ll take a picture when they come in for the night. It almost looks like he’s got a feather shredding gene. He just looks real sad lol. Probably not going to make the cut this season…
Eta this is the only one like this. The others he lives with are all feathered beautifully. So it has to be...
I have a cockerel that was purchased from a breeder with others that, on parts of his body, it seems like his feathers just stopped coming in. There are shafts in some of the bald spots (just shafts for weeks) and some you can see shafts under the skin. Can I do anything to help him?
I have...