Check out the Wing Claws on this Chick!!

[crazy chook]

Hi All,
This little chick is one week old and is from a cross breed crested hen x frizzle male.
I have never seen wings like these. It looks like a claw on each wing and the feathers are so long....???

Has any one else had a chick like this?

 

[crazy chook]

Does anyone know why this happened to just one chick from 23?

 

[theoldchick]

Random gene selection. They are ancestor of dinosaurs. Interesting for sure!

 

[Qi Chicken]

IDK, maybe it's SUPER CHICKEN!

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

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[columbiacritter]

Way cool. I'd be keeping that one until he matures and you can see what he looks like.

 

[Kedreeva]

Agree, they have dino ancestors. Emus still have a big raptor claw on their wings in the same place, maybe your chick got a stray claw gene that'd been buried deep in those parents! What ever happened to it, that's pretty awesome. Maybe you can start a clawed chicken line!

 

[Mahonri]

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Be certain to keep this one for breeding. That's a trait I'd like to see passed on.

 

[NarleevilleClucks]

That's so cool! Like a hawk on Beastmaster!

 

[bigchicken2]

You could make a new breed from that! Make sure to breed it!