Chocolate Orpington?

[ColtHandorf]

@ColtHandorf , need your input. I'm stumped.

They are Chocolate Orpingtons. It's hot. They don't feather out well when it's hot. One of the many reasons I hate raising them over the summer. I prefer fall babies. Last year I had a whole flock of little chocolate t-rexes running around. They'll be fine. Probably won't look good until several months from now. The protein is not the issue. Nor is the fear of Turken heritage. It's the heat. Make sure they aren't on heat either.

 

[Shely514]

They seem too fuzzy still to be 6 weeks (personal opinion based on my easter egger (slash) game bird varieties). My birds tend to have most of the fuzz worn off by 6 weeks of age.

I think so, too. None of our others were this fuzzy at this age, so I feel we were told incorrectly.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

They seem too fuzzy still to be 6 weeks (personal opinion based on my easter egger (slash) game bird varieties). My birds tend to have most of the fuzz worn off by 6 weeks of age.

I have a choclate roo and he is 6 weeks and fully feathered

 

[Shely514]

I have a choclate roo and he is 6 weeks and fully feathered

Would you mind posting a pic?

 

[Shely514]

Just a slow feathering bird I have some that are 5 weeks and still dont have chest feathers

Thank you! I will wait patiently

 

[Shely514]

Well he is not choclate lol but he Carrys the gene....he was suppose to be my choclate.lady but hes male....the place I got him from breeds black males that carry the gene to a choclate lady. He is on the leftView attachment 3119273View attachment 3119274

Thanks for posting pic. Hopefully mine will look like Orpington soon.

 

[Tonyroo]

@ColtHandorf , need your input. I'm stumped.

 

[Shely514]

@ColtHandorf , need your input. I'm stumped.

Hey, someone in a fb group just said they are not pure breed bc of the color of the feet. So what in the world do I have here

 

[NatJ]

I posted about a week ago concerned these may not be splash or chocolate Orpington. I have a lavender and she had feathers by this time. These are suppose to be about 6 weeks. To me, they look very odd, not feathering much, long bodies and necks. This person also sells turkens. Does anyone think these look so very odd??

I think they have the slow feathering gene. That can cause chicks to look nearly naked at some points, but they eventually grow their feathers and are fine. But until then, they can look very odd indeed, as the chick outgrows its down but doesn't grow feathers very fast.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...vs-fast-feathering-genetic-questions.1088977/
Here is a thread with photos of chicks at age 3.5 weeks, with several different feathering speeds.

I do not think the breeder's turkens had anything to do with the appearance of these chicks.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Rule number one dont take advise from anyone on a fb group lol chocolates dont have white legs my wyandottes dont have yellow doesnt mean there not pure

Wyandottes should have yellow legs.