giant but bald brahma chick?

[Diveks]

hello everyone, so my brahma chick is 6 weeks old now, but her (not sure but hoping its a pullet) feathering is slower than even my 4 week old chicks. the bantam she hatched with is almost 100% fully feathered but i do know they feather rather quickly. Although this seems exessive and i have never had a chick that feathered this slow. The chick is growing well and is giant compared to the other chicks. here are the pics:

should i be worried? what can i do to make sure the feathers grow correctly or do i just leave her?

 

[cherrynberry]

hello everyone, so my brahma chick is 6 weeks old now, but her (not sure but hoping its a pullet) feathering is slower than even my 4 week old chicks. the bantam she hatched with is almost 100% fully feathered but i do know they feather rather quickly. Although this seems exessive and i have never had a chick that feathered this slow. The chick is growing well and is giant compared to the other chicks. here are the pics:
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should i be worried? what can i do to make sure the feathers grow correctl

Brahmas could feather in drastically slower. As long as they are getting at least 18% protein in the feed and there isn't a mite issue (which this doesn't look like), I would not worry.

 

[Diveks]

Brahmas could feather in drastically slower. As long as they are getting at least 18% protein in the feed and there isn't a mite issue (which this doesn't look like), I would not worry.

first time raising a brahma heard that abut them but never thought it was this drastic. So i should not switch the chick to a grower feed just yet then?

 

[cherrynberry]

first time raising a brahma heard that abut them but never thought it was this drastic. So i should not switch the chick to a grower feed just yet then?

Chick feed and grower feed are basically the same thing. Just make sure they have at least 18% protein in both. Even my adults get grower and Flock raiser. Chickens should have a minimum of 18% protein in their feed and should have oyster shells on the SIDE in a SEPERATE container at all times once they start laying.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I feed 24% Starter/Grower feed made for both Game Birds, & Chicks to my chicks.

I raised Brahmas, & planning to get more. They all grow at their own rates, & a good amount of protein for any chick will help with feather growth.

 

[MysteryChicken]

For adult chickens I feed 20% Nutrena Naturewise All Flock Pellets, with oyster shells on the side in a separate feeder.

 

[Diveks]

Chick feed and grower feed are basically the same thing. Just make sure they have at least 18% protein in both. Even my adults get grower and Flock raiser. Chickens should have a minimum of 18% protein in their feed and should have oyster shells on the SIDE in a SEPERATE container at all times once they start laying.

Oh the grower is at 16% guess thats too low, the starter is at 19-22%, the only really high protein feeds are for meat birds here. I might look into some, or should i just stay on this one?

I feed 24% Starter/Grower feed made for both Game Birds, & Chicks to my chicks.

I raised Brahmas, & planning to get more. They all grow at their own rates, & a good amount of protein for any chick will help with feather growth.

For my adults i use the ones for the whole flock (forgot what it was called) and have some oyster shell in a bowl. I changed feeds to this new one and two batches of chick actually feathered out slower and i lost 3, two had digestive issues, and one never grew. Might look into getting the old feed.

 

[cherrynberry]

Oh the grower is at 16% guess thats too low, the starter is at 19-22%, the only really high protein feeds are for meat birds here. I might look into some, or should i just stay on this one?

For my adults i use the ones for the whole flock (forgot what it was called) and have some oyster shell in a bowl. I changed feeds to this new one and two batches of chick actually feathered out slower and i lost 3, two had digestive issues, and one never grew. Might look into getting the old feed.

Switch to the starter.

 

[Diveks]

Switch to the starter.

Im wanting to switch brands though, think some of my chicks/ducklings are dying from the feed as i had never lost half of the chicks i raised before i switched, they also are growing very slowly. Does the 21-23% sound good for growing out the feathers? These batch of chicks don’t look as strong as my older ones too.

 

[cherrynberry]

Im wanting to switch brands though, think some of my chicks/ducklings are dying from the feed as i had never lost half of the chicks i raised before i switched, they also are growing very slowly. Does the 21-23% sound good for growing out the feathers? These batch of chicks don’t look as strong as my older ones too.

20% is good, no need to go too high. I have never had an issue switching brands.