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Jim is back to being a rooster - his crow is weak and decidedly 'unmanly', but he sure is practicing to improve it! The big comb, hackles, sickles, and saddle feathers prove it. The tail is still sideways, I will have to get a pic to see if anyone else has seen anything like it. He is the...

Jim now has normal feathering, except HER tail is sideways. Oh, chickens!

So Jim is starting to blend in a bit with the others at 4 weeks. He (she?) is growing regular feathers, but is still bald in the areas that are not covered. Now I just need to find out if he really is a 'he'.

Thanks for the reassurance. He(she) is getting a very short down coat now, and tiny wing feathers. The vulture/velociraptor look is just so odd. I wonder if this is a genetic mutation, an incubation issue, or something else. The others all have normal down, and some are getting feathers very...

Here's Jim at day 7 And chick number 2 (Bella) at day 7 for comparison. Don't know why this picture is bigger than the other. Oh, internet.

This is Jim and some others at age 2 days. He looks quite pathetic, but never knew it.

Had 10 chicks hatch last week, all Easter Eggers. Have 4 mostly black, 2 mostly yellow, 2 yellow and gray, 1 chipmunk, and one that doesn't have enough down to call any color. We are calling 'him' Jim for now. Jim's down is so short and so sparse that he looks just about naked all over, and has...