Strange EE

[Texas Deb]

I have 4 EE chicks now 9 weeks old. One is VERY different from the others. It really looks like a green legged ostrich with a mohawk. I think there is some Turken genetics. At 9 weeks, the others look like normal chickens (last pic). Any feedback?

 

[Painted Calls]

Ohhhh....ok I forget the name of this, but it’s were the chick is smaller then the others and get feathers in slower. He should get them in and look normal in time.

Failure to thrive?

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Ohhhh....ok I forget the name of this, but it’s were the chick is smaller then the others and get feathers in slower. He should get them in and look normal in time.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Is he smaller?

 

[Texas Deb]

Did you get them from a hatchery?

Yes

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Failure to thrive?

My thoughts as well. If he were just an especially large bird, sometimes they prioritize body weight over feathers, but since it's small... What protein percentage are you feeding?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

That is odd. How much smaller is he than the cockerel in the last pic?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

18%. He was the biggest new hatch. I picked them up on the date of hatch, and nothing out if the ordinary. As the others grew and started feathering, he was outdistanced. His body is the size of a child's nerf football, very long neck, strong stout legs. Very active.

Interesting! Him being active is a good sign! I had some Brahma cockerels feather out as slowly as him and are perfectly healthy and were fed gamebird starter so plenty of protein as well. The difference is that Brahmas are typically slow to feather while Easter Eggers are not. I hope he just has some super slow feathering genetics!

 

[Texas Deb]

Are we sure he is actually a cockerel?

No, I'm not sure. There is no comb. The legs and feet are as large as the cockerel in the last picture. No tail feathers. An odd duck, indeed.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

No, I'm not sure. There is no comb. The legs and feet are as large as the cockerel in the last picture. No tail feathers. An odd duck, indeed.

Indeed. quack quack

I hope you keep posting. Very curious to see how it turns out.