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[Bantambird]

I have been involved in my 3rd hatch of the spring and I have one little pullet that just hatched and appears to have a vaulted skull.

is that what is going on with this little girl? Or just really fluffy?

 

[rottlady]

maybe just big crest buds?

 

[ChicKat]

I have been involved in my 3rd hatch of the spring and I have one little pullet that just hatched and appears to have a vaulted skull. is that what is going on with this little girl? Or just really fluffy?

There are some vaulted skulls -- and it seems that those get extra large crests. I could look it up -- I think that vaulted skulls sometimes don't close the bones -- or don't close quickly -- however all the CL chicks that I have seen that have this -- seem to "grow out of it" quickly and appear perfectly normal. Some of the eggs I once sent to Junibutt resulted in a vaulted skull chick -- I think subsequently that chick went to CT for a 4H project -- and that looking at the grown out pullet -- there was no way you could know vaulted..... if memory serves. So somewhere in the genetics of my flock there was a little vault going on.....

Some googling:
http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8010959

How cool is that - the writer thinks that vaulted skull is a sex-linked recessive.....

 

[Bantambird]

Vaulted skull chick is still alive, but she sleeps a lot. I'm going to give her some sugar water/electrolytes when I get home from work for now I have left her in the hatcher, since she hatched yesterday.

 

[Naduah]

 

[Naduah]

Sorry the above picture is supposed to be with this post my phone was doing weird things! That is mr roo on Saturday. This posts picture from today! He's growing quite handsomely (at least I think so!)

 

[ChicKat]

Sorry the above picture is supposed to be with this post my phone was doing weird things! That is mr roo on Saturday. This posts picture from today! He's growing quite handsomely (at least I think so!)

What a lot of growth in just that time -- he must be putting a lot of energy into that crest..... also shows that whitish eye-ring that I see often in males. Cute chick.

 

[rottlady]

I missed this how old is Roo-let in the last photo?

 

[Sylvester017]

I have been involved in my 3rd hatch of the spring and I have one little pullet that just hatched and appears to have a vaulted skull. is that what is going on with this little girl? Or just really fluffy?

THIS IS THE BARE BONES OF A SILKIE'S "VAULTED" SKULL SHOWING HOW THE TOP SKULL BONES HAVE AN AREA WHERE THE BRAIN IS NOT ENCLOSED AND IS VULNERABLE RIGHT UNDER THE HEAD SKIN SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT YOUR CHICK HAS. SHE PROBABLY JUST HAS A LOT OF FLUFFY ON HER LITTLE HEAD!

 

[Naduah]

I missed this how old is Roo-let in the last photo?

My little roo? The first picture he's about a 3ish weeks; second 4ish