Check out this difference in development...

[Anna_MN]

Here are my 18 day old Columbian Wyandotte chicks. All were born on the same day- but look at the difference in development between the three.


The one that is mainly in front has only a few wing feathers and a few tail feathers peaking out. The other two have all of their wing feathers, tail feathers, and are starting to get neck feathers. What the heck is going on here?

 

[aoxa]

Boys are supposedly slower at getting their feathers, could that be what it is? Otherwise I do not know. Very strange!

 

[aoxa]

By the way, I have a one week old chick with more feathering than that guy!

ETA: and here is her brother, I'm sure it's a boy.

Same hatch day.. She is way further along.

 

[Anna_MN]

I ordered all female chicks......it better not be a roo or i'm going to be very upset!

 

[The Breaker]

It could be that he is a rooster they keep there fluff longer.

 

[aoxa]

I ordered all female chicks......it better not be a roo or i'm going to be very upset!

There is always a margin for error

 

[Anna_MN]

Her body is growing just fine, it's just those darn feathers...

 

[aoxa]

Her body is  growing just fine, it's just those darn feathers...

I see that. Still is indicative of a boy.

 

[Anna_MN]

Ah crap. Well hopefully my free chick is a girl then....only enough room for one rooster in this flock!

 

[Anna_MN]

This is probably a stupid question, but does the different development work with EEs too? They sent me an extra EE and all of those ones have almost all of their feathers and are all at the same stage of development.