Toenail on wing?

[ReikiStar]

Just sayin' by they looks of Sundae's comb for only being 2 weeks old, you've got a little rooster there.

BTW, that Hoatzin bird is cool!

 

[gapeach717]

OoOooo Dinosaurus Rex!!!

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[CochinBrahmaLover]

Just sayin' by they looks of Sundae's comb for only being 2 weeks old, you've got a little rooster there.

BTW, that Hoatzin bird is cool!

Ya i love them, pretty cool too that they stink LOL

 

[Aschenfire]

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LOL! YES! I'd so love one of those (Or a little Raptor...whichever)

 

[LaynaDon95]

I have a 2 week old Speckled Sussex named Sundae who appears to have a toenail at the carpal joint of each wing. My other chicks are 4 days to one week old and all of different breeds, so I can't compare her to the others. I never noticed this in our previous batch of chicks and I can't seem to find any mention of it in the forums.

Has anyone heard of this? The kids think maybe we have a baby dinosaur on our hands (ha ha!), but I'm wondering if maybe "she" is really a "he". We keep hens for pets & eggs, so I am afraid to get attached just in case we have to find a new home for Sundae. She's pretty wiggly and not used to being held, but is very good with the younger chicks and not aggressive at all. In fact, they all snuggle up to her when it's nap time.

In the photo below, the toenail is under the fluff that extends out from the wing, just below my fingers. I didn't know how to edit the picture to label it exactly. Any ideas?

I've noticed this on some of my birds. I don't know why the others don't have it. Maybe they do and I just haven't noticed.

If she is only 2 weeks old, she looks like a he to me. That's a lot of comb for two weeks old.

 

[rajanomm]

My roo has these little nails. They are strange. My dad says it's probably so they can get a good grip on the hens when mounting...lol. I can't find any reference to them when researching pullet anatomy.

 

[faithsbrood]

I have a 2 week old Speckled Sussex named Sundae who appears to have a toenail at the carpal joint of each wing. My other chicks are 4 days to one week old and all of different breeds, so I can't compare her to the others. I never noticed this in our previous batch of chicks and I can't seem to find any mention of it in the forums.

Has anyone heard of this? The kids think maybe we have a baby dinosaur on our hands (ha ha!), but I'm wondering if maybe "she" is really a "he". We keep hens for pets & eggs, so I am afraid to get attached just in case we have to find a new home for Sundae. She's pretty wiggly and not used to being held, but is very good with the younger chicks and not aggressive at all. In fact, they all snuggle up to her when it's nap time.

In the photo below, the toenail is under the fluff that extends out from the wing, just below my fingers. I didn't know how to edit the picture to label it exactly. Any ideas?

Maybe when it was growing in the egg the ‘chicken’ didn’t fully download and you got yourself a dinosaur… awesome!!

 

[Wanderers tales]

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I have a 2 week old Speckled Sussex named Sundae who appears to have a toenail at the carpal joint of each wing. My other chicks are 4 days to one week old and all of different breeds, so I can't compare her to the others. I never noticed this in our previous batch of chicks and I can't seem to find any mention of it in the forums.

Has anyone heard of this? The kids think maybe we have a baby dinosaur on our hands (ha ha!), but I'm wondering if maybe "she" is really a "he". We keep hens for pets & eggs, so I am afraid to get attached just in case we have to find a new home for Sundae. She's pretty wiggly and not used to being held, but is very good with the younger chicks and not aggressive at all. In fact, they all snuggle up to her when it's nap time.

In the photo below, the toenail is under the fluff that extends out from the wing, just below my fingers. I didn't know how to edit the picture to label it exactly. Any ideas?

Remarkable! I’d love to get my hands on a mutation like this. It’d serve greatly in my future projects. All I’d need next is a long tail vertebrae mutation. Thank you for the post, I shall begin searching for such a mutation right away.

 

[raingarden]

It's called an alula. All birds have them but they usually feel fleshy instead of pointy. @Florida Bullfrog showed a picture of one just a day or two ago.

They are used to help maneuver when flying.
https://www.nature.com/articles/sre...t is,several early ancestors of birds 2, 3, 4.

 

[Wanderers tales]

It's called an alula. All birds have them but they usually feel fleshy instead of pointy. @Florida Bullfrog showed a picture of one just a day or two ago.

They are used to help maneuver when flying.
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep09914#:~:text=The alula is a small structure that is,several early ancestors of birds 2, 3, 4.

Already found my rare mutant. Two of them in fact and I never noticed them before. Through the process of S.C.B I will begin isolating multiplying and amplifying the mutation as I’ve done with some of my more famous projects. Though I am not sure how long the process would take. I’m still working on the cerato shamo and still at gen 4.