How did she come out like this? A chicken genetic expert needed.

[AZBootsie]

So Homely I just want to hug her. Bet she was adorable in pink.

 

[saddina]

Something in the beak and butt remind me of a kiwi bird, I doubt she's a cross, but maybe genes in that allie went very off?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/files/2010/03/New-chick_kiwi_MM.jpg

 

[pgpoultry]

Sugar looks adorable, but I have a chicken who defies definition, too. I would have thought she has a genetic defect, maybe from breeding too closely. Hopefully her other systems work fine, though it sounds like she won't be an egg layer. As long as there is no suffering, then why not have a 'different' bird. Good for you....and always will be a talking point.

Here's my own little mystery...Moel, aged just under 20 weeks....yes you read that right!

Beak, feet, eyes, comb, everything else OK....but what ever happened to her feathers???

She seems otherwise normal, so she's staying. Should be a Blue Partridge Brahma.....not inbred.....parents normal....but head and neck....Blue Partridge Brahma...body Wonky Silkie (no Silkie ever been within miles of our place and bred from out own birds).

Vive la difference!

 

[nzpouter]

a road runner must've been in that chicken run....

 

[stormylady]

Awww I feel bad for her, but very happy that she has you to care for her! Every body needs someone to love them! Ive found that the chicks that need us the most have the sweetest personalities.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Is it possible she's a dwarf? She reminds me of the "bowling ball birds" that came up from too much inbreeding in Leghorns?

 

[Moochie]

A different angle.

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

That beak is so wild looking...I love it!

You sound like a great chicken mom.

 

[gumbii]

she was probably hatched in an eclipse...

j/k...



that's great that you love her.. poor thing... i knew she wouldn't make normal chicken noises...


hahaha... reminds me of the birds that marvin the martian grows out of little pills... HAJK:LSJKL:J:KFDjlfdjsafdsahahhahaha...

 

[wingsofglory]

Could you post a side view of her? Is she leaning over, or is she that shape always?