Funny question... but serious

[JadeFarms]

Really, I don’t even know it’s the rooster, I assume it’s him. She is a broiler, and I think that’s part of the problem.

He is a super gentle rooster, he actually might not be doing it.

 

[Abriana]

Sometimes if the follicle of the feather is damaged they won't grow back. I know that with human victims of burns, the hair follicles get damaged and then their hair doesn't grown back. I don't know how the damage could have happened to your girl though.

 

[oldhen2345]

No you are fine. If it was a genetic thing then yes. However still new to chickens. I would remove the rooster away for her for awhile.

You might consider getting her a hen apron to protect her back from the rooster

 

[JadeFarms]

Sometimes if the follicle of the feather is damaged they won't grow back. I know that with human victims of burns, the hair follicles get damaged and then their hair doesn't grown back. I don't know how the damage could have happened to your girl though.

Thank you. It would be nice to have more info though.

 

[Fishkeeper]

If your buddy loses his leg in a car accident, does that mean his kids will be born without a leg?
If you get a tattoo, does that mean your kids might be born with that tattoo?

Babies don't inherit any form of injury from their parents.

 

[JadeFarms]

Thank you all.

 

[JadeFarms]

If that’s true, how is the naked chicken made? I know it has to be unnatural.

 

[Fishkeeper]

The naked chicken is made through selective breeding. You pick out your chickens that have the fewest feathers, possibly due to a genetic mutation, and you breed them. You keep doing that with the nakedest out of each batch until they're all naked. Sometimes a genetic mutation will occur, and a baby chick will hatch with fewer than normal feathers, but NOT because of anything that happened to the parent's feathers.

The thing that dictates what an animal looks like is its genetics, its DNA. The DNA is inside its cells, and is not changed by injuries.

If you had a chicken that was attacked by a predator and lost its eyes, would you expect its chicks to have no eyes?

Unrelated, keep an eye on the health of the chicks. Cornish crosses, bred to get as heavy as possible as fast as possible, generally don't live very long. Their chicks won't be as prone to that, but you'll still have to be careful they don't get overweight.

 

[Eggscaping]

I have a Cornish cross and she has a patch of feathers missing on each of her sides. It is because my rooster mates her and pulls her feathers out with his claws. I have put some of her eggs in the incubator. When they hatch, will they also have feathers missing out of her side.

This is because I know the naked chicken was made by pulling feathers out of the hen and rooster.

(My rooster has all his feathers, no feathers pulled out)

There were some folks who believed that if they bobbed the tail from a dog, the offspring would have short tails. That's also not so. Genetics are passed on from DNA instructions, and anything happening during the lifetime of the animal doesn't impact the DNA. Naked chickens are bred to be that way - not because someone plucked them.

 

[sourland]

Another urban legend laid to rest. Well at least I hope so. Logic shall not always prevail.