NEED HELP!!! SICK CHICK!!!

[Silkie's Grandma]

to me it looks like a young large breed bird that is just slower in feathering, that is except for the 1st pic (which looks like a injury - most likley caused by being picked on) I have raised similar looking large breed chickens before - some never did fully feather before they were big enough to butcher.

 

[Nan5634]

Yeah, but his feathers curl up! That can't be natural! It has to be some kind of defect or something.

 

[dlhunicorn]

Well it certainly doesnt look like a frizzle... it reminds me of pics used for illustrating the feathering abnormality associated with Malabsorption syndrome (first article has a photo showing an extreme feather abnormality assoc with this condition ):
http://gallus.tamu.edu/workshop pro...um 2006/Cervantes Phibro - RSS - 2006 TBS.pdf

http://www.worldpoultry.net/poultry_malabsorption_syndrome/

Reo virus is often involved:
http://www.poultry-health.com/fora/inthelth/zavala_wpdc_06.pdf.

I had a bird (minimal feathering involvement) that I was pretty sure suffered a less virulent form and I had to keep supplementing his diet for about a half year till he finally got over it (I would suggest you give aviaCharge 2000 >you can purchase online from McMurray) as a basic support measure to help ensure against any sever nutr/vit or micronutrient deficiency.