Strange EE

[ButtonHoarder]

Did you get them from a hatchery?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If he had naked neck genes, he would have kept the naked neck. It's a dominant gene so if they have it, you know.

 

[Texas Deb]

Is he smaller?

Yes

 

[Texas Deb]

Is he smaller?

Yes

 

[Texas Deb]

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?

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.

 

[Texas Deb]

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

He is as tall as the others, but body is much smaller, about the Suze of a child's nerf football. He also has no tail feathers

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Are we sure he is actually a cockerel?