Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Deej211]

I agree with appps . They don't looks frizzled. Frizzled feather turn upwards at that age. I wonder if there is some silky in there maybe ? The left picture looks like my rir's when little but the right looks different.

supposed to be purebred rirs. They are paler than her normal lot too. The feathers are coming out sideways not flat and they also have wingsplit

 

[satay]

supposed to be purebred rirs. They are paler than her normal lot too. The feathers are coming out sideways not flat and they also have wingsplit

It is odd indeed. I guess time will tell as they get older. Split wing from what I can tell is mostly a genetic fault so I wouldn't breed from these ones. Edited to add that not all that appear to be split winged when young will actually turn out that way as an adult so it is best to watch and see until the adult plumage comes in.

 

[sjturner79]

Does anyone know anything about frizzle or feather issues? I have 2 rir chicks from a breeder whos never had frizzle that have weird feathers...

My purebred RIR looked exactly like that at 1 day old. Looks perfect now at 12 weeks. No difference to breed standard pics

 

[Pennae]

Does anyone know anything about frizzle or feather issues? I have 2 rir chicks from a breeder whos never had frizzle that have weird feathers...

well are those from 2 different birds because if they are the one with the longer feathers is a hen and the one with the shorter feathers is a roo
if im wrong plz msg me back i like learning

 

[K Spot]

well are those from 2 different birds because if they are the one with the longer feathers is a hen and the one with the shorter feathers is a roo
if im wrong plz msg me back i like learning

Feather sexing only works on breeds bred for it, and I am not aware RIR's are able to be feather sexed.

 

[Teila]

Evening all

Hey Deej211 I know nothing about RIR’s, sorry. I agree with appps though in that they do not look frizzled. I also agree with satay and thought there could be some Silkie in the one on the right.

Talking feather sexing, are Pekin’s one of those breeds you can feather sex? I have a theory that I am half heartedly considering. I have noticed that in both of my Pekin hatches, all the boys had shorter wing feathers than the girls. Even at 3-5 weeks old the girls’ wing feathers reached right around to their tail while the boys were only half way down the body. Coincidence?

I know that some breeds can be feather sexed at one day old but I thought the window was closed after that?

So, today was the first day that all of the flock were in the run together until 4pm … again, no fights, no angst, all good.

I also wormed everyone today. Took the water containers away last night and popped them back in at 06:30am with Kilverm added. Because I was working, I could not watch to see if they drank any and it was a little difficult to tell by the container levels if they had.

When I disposed of the remaining at 04:00pm and topped up the containers with fresh water, they all came over for a drink.

Would the little sneaks not have had a drink all day because of the wormer? If they only drank when they really needed to, would they have got enough wormer in them?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Snowed here today, had to go down the back and rescue a few horses, flooding. Our girl came home with the goods , champion and champion reserve at derby day. Today she also recieved her acceptance on the ' state squad ' with both horses. e

 

[chooks01]

Yup

here they are

 

[chooks01]

One of the chicks is called Bruce lee as he likes to fly and kick his siblings off the water and feed lol

 

[Pennae]

Feather sexing only works on breeds bred for it, and I am not aware RIR's are able to be feather sexed.

oh yeh i read that some were to i just didnt know that RIR couldnt be sexed by feathers thanks K Spot