#oddchick

I hatched some chicks and one is the son of my hen, Emerald, but he has extremely strange textured feathers. Is there anything I can do about this that won’t stress him out? His name is Thumper and he is 1-2 weeks old

My hatch started two nights ago, yesterday afternoon a chick started to zip and quit. I gave it six hours before considering aid. So I followed the instruction in https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/ and finished the zip and put it back...