SprinkleofTime
In the Brooder
We purchased 2 speckled sussex chicks from a local woman for our broody hen. Our hen rejected them so we've been keeping them together in our brooder. This lil one (we're called them Borb cause they're round like an orb(bird+orb=borb)) is super round, much smaller than the other chick, and has odd feathers.
Their feathers stick out like a pine cone and their lil wings are longer than their body. It doesn't seem the hinder them, they still fly around the brooder, jump about, eating and drinking and chirping just fine. We've raised other breeds but are new to speckled sussex. I've never seen a chicks feathers stick out like this or seem to be missing feathers on their wings (both wings look like the photo). Is this something we should be concerned about or is 'Borb' just a bit frazzled looking due to the baby fuzz and new feather growth?
The other chick's wings look normal and they don't have feathers sticking out
Their feathers stick out like a pine cone and their lil wings are longer than their body. It doesn't seem the hinder them, they still fly around the brooder, jump about, eating and drinking and chirping just fine. We've raised other breeds but are new to speckled sussex. I've never seen a chicks feathers stick out like this or seem to be missing feathers on their wings (both wings look like the photo). Is this something we should be concerned about or is 'Borb' just a bit frazzled looking due to the baby fuzz and new feather growth?
The other chick's wings look normal and they don't have feathers sticking out
