6 week olds with no tails yet?!

[PTA Chicks]

Laid by a Lohmann layer hen. Rooster is a miniature Bantam who is possibly x silkie. Hatched by Ameraucana hen. Only one has a tail so far and that one has had tail feathers for a long time already.

 

[DobieLover]

Laid by a Lohmann layer hen. Rooster is a miniature Bantam who is possibly x silkie. Hatched by Ameraucana hen. Only one has a tail so far and that one has had tail feathers for a long time already.

Oftentimes, cockerels take much longer to grow their tails than pullets. You may have one pullet and two cockerels there.

 

[PTA Chicks]

Quite possibly. I had read that pullets develop tail feathers faster,but I would have thought by 6 weeks there would be some tail feathers! Hoping I don't have any boys but we shall see.

 

[aart]

I had read that pullets develop tail feathers faster,but I would have thought by 6 weeks there would be some tail feathers!

I would think so too.
They actually have tails, right?

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

In all the chickens i have ever raised They had tail feathers by the first 2 weeks so this is weird

 

[PTA Chicks]

I would think so too.
They actually have tails, right?

Not yet! I'll keep an eye on them. Maybe they are SUPER slow developers. Who knows.

 

[PTA Chicks]

I took some photos of them this morning. 6 weeks and a few days old now. The white one looks like it might have a few tails fluffs starting. One brown has an actual tail. They all have small combs,all still have pale coloured combs,no red showing yet. They hatched under a broody hen so have been outside from day 1.

 

[Fluffyflufffluff]

Laid by a Lohmann layer hen. Rooster is a miniature Bantam who is possibly x silkie. Hatched by Ameraucana hen. Only one has a tail so far and that one has had tail feathers for a long time already.

No tails yet. yeah! but it seems normal. maybe its the breed or its just the way they are. be patient maybe a couple of more weeks.

 

[dougieee]

Ameraucanas are rumpless right? Maybe that part of the gene is dominant in those ones?

 

[aart]

Ameraucanas are rumpless right? Maybe that part of the gene is dominant in those ones?

Araucana are rumpless....meaning they don't have a tail, not just the tail feathers, but the body part the the tail feathers would grow out of.
That's what I meant...can't find a pic showing the tail on a plucked bird.
Oh, here we go, this might help, showing removal of oil gland but tail is 'circled'.