One baby chick from a group growing MUCH faster, feathers growing in odd

Maladjessted

Hatching
May 7, 2021
2
0
2
Hello everyone! My family picked up some chicks on Easter time as they love the fresh eggs and the ones we already have are everyone’s favorite family members. One of the six chicks we have has grown excessively quicker than the others and the feather development looks odd. I’m worried because it’s so large that it has a hard time hopping around into the original coop like the others do and it looks like it could possibly have some type of disability. I have attached pictures of the backside where the feathers look odd and a reference picture with some of the other chicks to show how much bigger it is. Anyone know if this is problematic or if it’ll grow into it’s body and be able to get around just like the others. If it has issues I would love to help it out if possible.
1ED122CC-5A92-4F34-B5F3-4A380622152D.jpeg

331C2086-F806-4021-BE79-F4E073CE2B42.jpeg
 
I was told when we picked them up that this one and the other little white one were white leghorns. We had no intentions of raising a meat bird, I guess I’ve got to look into it and see if it’s fine to raise normally.
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom