Question about tail-less chicks.

[dunnmom]

I have 4 barnyard mix chicks. 2 have pretty long tail feathers, 2 don't. They are 4 weeks old. I'm just curious if the 2 with no tails will ever grow them if I haven't seen them by now. They look so funny! All legs and stumpy rumps.

 

[Gray Farms]

Do they have a tailbone?

 

[dunnmom]

Do they have a tailbone?

I have no idea. They're being raised by one of my hens, so I haven't handled them very much. Would you be able to tell if I post a pic?

 

[BlackHackle]

Most of the ones I have that don't grow tails earlier on end up as roosters...

 

[Shezadandy]

Yes, pictures would help.

 

[dunnmom]

I'm pretty sure one of the chicks is a boy. 3 row pea comb getting pink already. The other may be, too. They both have bald shoulders on top of having no tail feathers. I'll see if I can get decent shots of their butts before sundown. I appreciate all who will take a look.

 

[1muttsfan]

It is quite possible that they will grow tails in later. I have a friend who had a purebred barred rock that took a few months to finally grow in a decent tail.
Are they from your eggs? If so do you have any hens or roosters without tails?

 

[dunnmom]

I bought the eggs. If it helps, six out of the 12 eggs I gave my broody were blue, so they might have that parentage.

 

[Flamens Farm]

Would love to see pictures.

 

[1muttsfan]

Araucanas lay blue eggs, and are tailless (rumpless) with a pea comb, but they could just still be young