Had 10 chicks hatch last week, all Easter Eggers. Have 4 mostly black, 2 mostly yellow, 2 yellow and gray, 1 chipmunk, and one that doesn't have enough down to call any color. We are calling 'him' Jim for now. Jim's down is so short and so sparse that he looks just about naked all over, and has since hatching. The down has thickened very slightly since then, but I can still see his skin easily all over. They all have started wing (and even a few tail) feathers, Jim's wing feathers started at the same time, but are smaller, shorter, and finer. He is about the same height/weight/activity level as the others, but resembles a baby dinosaur instead of a puffball like his siblings.
His egg and incubation were the same as the others, and he hatched in the middle of the group. The down does not look like the pictures of clubbed down I have found online, he doesn't have even that much covering. I will post a pic if I can. Has anyone heard of this?
His egg and incubation were the same as the others, and he hatched in the middle of the group. The down does not look like the pictures of clubbed down I have found online, he doesn't have even that much covering. I will post a pic if I can. Has anyone heard of this?