What the heck??

[cafrhe]

While feeding my meat chicks (cornish cross), I just noticed one who is still naked! They are 3 weeks old and most of them are mostly feathered--tails, wings, back and chest mostly. This little one has 2-3 wing feathers and that's about it!
Has anyone run into this before. While we are now entering another heat wave, we were much cooler last week. I am glad I decided to give them a heat lamp the last week as nights were cool. This chick would have been pretty cold.

 

[CuzChickens]

Hello! I have never experienced this before! I looked to see if I can find anything about late bloomers and I could not seem to find anything that diagnosed what you seem to be dealing with. I found a thread with somebody with a problem exactly like yours. I would not worry about it too much though. Is he smaller then the rest?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1107331/no-feathers

 

[cafrhe]

Thanks for the link. Nope, this is one of the bigger chicks lol. And alert, happy and vigorous.

 

[CuzChickens]

If that is how he is acting, I would not worry one bit, he is just slower developing than some others.