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Me again. I need to clarify: The chick that didn't survive died because it was generally weak and had an unclosed navel. Not because of the feather issue.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chick-down-defect.1501772/ It appears I only posted one photo at the time in that thread. Three chicks I hatched last year were hatched covered in weird black bead-like bumps where the down was supposed to be. The one I showed in the photo didn't survive...

Hi, I am back... This post reminded me of some chicks I hatched last year. They head what looked like hard black beads on their backs that flaked off as their feathers came in. I will link the thread I posted about that tomorrow so you can see the pictures. No real answers about the anomaly...

Strange, yes if it were blood it would re liquify. Perhaps it's feather material that isn't forming correctly.

That looks like dried blood from blood feathers