Short and missing down on newborn chick

[BarnyardChaos]

Oh, and here's one of the other chicks from the same hatch, same age, for comparison:

 

[NatJ]

Has anyone else found this in their chicks, or have more information on it? @Eggcessive @casportpony @NatJ @azygous @nicalandia anyone?

I don't have any information about down in chicks.

But just an observation: I did not get notified that you mentioned me. I usually get an email, but this didn't (I just confirmed that by checking my emails.)

I see that you edited the post on the day you made it, so I'm guessing that you added the tags when you made the edit. The system does not seem to notify people when you add their username by editing after the post was made.

So I only noticed this thread today, and I have no idea whether those other users have heard of it or not (they probably didn't get notified either, but may have found it on their own at some point.)

 

[BarnyardChaos]

I don't have any information about down in chicks.

But just an observation: I did not get notified that you mentioned me. I usually get an email, but this didn't (I just confirmed that by checking my emails.)

I see that you edited the post on the day you made it, so I'm guessing that you added the tags when you made the edit. The system does not seem to notify people when you add their username by editing after the post was made.

So I only noticed this thread today, and I have no idea whether those other users have heard of it or not (they probably didn't get notified either, but may have found it on their own at some point.)

Thank you for the information. I don't remember if I added the user names in my edit, but I very well may have.

Just in case these folks have NOT yet seen this thread, I'd love to hear any feedback or knowledge you or anyone else may have about this condition: @Eggcessive @casportpony @azygous @nicalandia

 

[ChickyMudder]

I hatched this little EE chick out last week and she hardly has any down! It’s short like velvet. Her feathers are growing in like normal and she is active and healthy otherwise. I’ve found some studies on “clubbed down” in meat birds.

Has anyone seen this and will she grow normal down? Her new shoulder feathers look particularly silly sticking straight out.

Ive recently hatched out a RIR Maran cross that did this. It looked like bumps instead of feathers. She has done just fine. She might just carry the slow feathering gene. Not sure.
She is getting her feathers. We call her bumpy.
She is the black one with bald spots.

 

[Eggcessive]

Since you tagged me, I am not really able to answer many questions about feathering.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Since you tagged me, I am not really able to answer many questions about feathering.

I just thought you might have seen this condition, or heard of it somewhere else. Thank you for responding, though!

 

[BarnyardChaos]

FYI and update: I have a new batch of chicks (32) in the brooder and two of them have the clubbed down as well. TWO. They're healthy and doing great, just weird feathering on their backs and naked spots. The clubbed baby from my earlier hatch is also doing quite well, although still naked under the wings at 5 weeks.
I have no idea which hen(s) is producing these babies.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

5-1/2 weeks photos below. She's still much smaller than her siblings, and feathers are very slow to come in. Still mostly bald under the wings and across the back, most of her neck, too. But she's healthy and growing:

She looks awkward in this photo - but she's FINE. She wanted to wiggle instead of sitting still for her photos.

 

[SycamoreHorsesFarm]

Ive recently hatched out a RIR Maran cross that did this. It looked like bumps instead of feathers. She has done just fine. She might just carry the slow feathering gene. Not sure.
She is getting her feathers. We call her bumpy.
She is the black one with bald spots.

I hatched out a black Whiting True Blue 3 weeks ago that clearly had the slow feathering gene and it did not affect their down length at all.

My clubbed chick is a fully feathered mini hen now. No more bald patches.