What is this?(non-emergency?)

[Rose Quartz]

I dont know if the link will work since it's a .pdf, but for those who'd like to see the extra details Here's a link to what I read. It is focused on turkeys but has a lot if info on chickes too.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...3e58085&pid=1-s2.0-S0032579119378216-main.pdf

If she doesn't fluff up on her own i'll give her a bit of a quick wash once all the others have hatched and see if it helps.

Thanks everybody!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I would give it a nice warm rinse too. Get it back in the incubator so it doesnt get a chill. I have seen sticky chicks that couldnt poop because of that . I couldnt see it stuck but it was.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I would give it a nice warm rinse too. Get it back in the incubator so it doesnt get a chill. I have seen sticky chicks that couldnt poop because of that . I couldnt see it stuck but it was.

I'll keep an eye on it. It doesn't seem to be the same as other sticky chicks i've had. The fluff is standing away from it's skin it's just not fluffy.

 

[Amer]

Okay so I read the full version of that article and apparently the riboflavin thing was disproved and it is a genetic issue. "Shortened down in chicks is associated with the gene for extended black, E (Kabystina and Petrov, 1935; Bernier and Cooney, 1955; Hawes and Fox, 1962). Both shortened and clubbed down have been observed in the females from a R. I.R. X B.P.R. cross (Hutt, 1951) and it was concluded that the incidence of the abnormality was influenced by the residual genotype since it did not appear when combined with other traits such as barring." However, all of the research is old. BUT if I am understanding this correctly, congrats, because I think that's a hen.

Hey that would explain why my sex-link determined pullet black d’Anvers chick had clubbed down. (Her mother is cuckoo and her father was black.)
Her brothers never had it.

 

[Amer]

I'll keep an eye on it. It doesn't seem to be the same as other sticky chicks i've had. The fluff is standing away from it's skin it's just not fluffy.

I don’t know that washing could help because it’s basically down plumes that stay stuck in their sheaths.