Bad breeding?

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Chirping
Apr 28, 2019
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I recently bought some chicks from a small farm that breeds for color. I was excited to get more variety in our flocks but I'm now concerned I possibly bought poorly bred birds. But, I'm honestly not sure since they ARE basically eggers of random breeds.
One has a wing that looks defect and two of them had multiple bald spots on them until recently.
Could those be signs of poor quality breeding.
I just don't want to hatch eggs from these ladies/ roosters later if so.
 
To me that's a hard call, but I see where you're coming from.

I've hatched a chick with a dinky wing from a perfectly healthy flock. It was appropriately named Dink. ;) No other birds where deformed, and I believe it was just a genetic "oops."

The bald spots to me sound more like picking from other birds. If they're kept in an area that's to small they'll start getting feisty with each other.

When you say "eggers of random breeds" what do you mean? Toss up a few pictures if you get a chance. Some of the pros here could likely give good advice based on good pictures. Side of the body, side of the face, feet, beak and so on.
 
To me that's a hard call, but I see where you're coming from.

I've hatched a chick with a dinky wing from a perfectly healthy flock. It was appropriately named Dink. ;) No other birds where deformed, and I believe it was just a genetic "oops."

The bald spots to me sound more like picking from other birds. If they're kept in an area that's to small they'll start getting feisty with each other.

When you say "eggers of random breeds" what do you mean? Toss up a few pictures if you get a chance. Some of the pros here could likely give good advice based on good pictures. Side of the body, side of the face, feet, beak and so on.
Since it been a week since having them, the bald spots have gone away. Shipping took an extra day so I think you are right, it was likely pecking. The one with the limp wing still seems to have that. I'm not going to breed with that one later just in case (if I choose to breed them at all) but all in all, they seem like very spry birds.
I said "random eggers" because some are bred to lay blue eggs and some are bred to lay dark green (they very much look like black cooper Maran and I assume are back bred to them to darken the green). The ones that should lay blue look like easter eggers likely bred with cream legbar as they have clean legs and no puffy cheeks, muffs, or beards) but honestly look similar to any clean leg easter egger (and they might be just that ). They are not standard breeds of any kind.
 

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