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No, nothing unusual. They’re keeping their fuzz longer. But the Crackers always feather out faster than other chickens.Also have you seen any physical changes in Sherman's chicks compared to the regular birds?
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No, nothing unusual. They’re keeping their fuzz longer. But the Crackers always feather out faster than other chickens.Also have you seen any physical changes in Sherman's chicks compared to the regular birds?
I ask because about a quarter of my oriental chicks seem to have some form of recessive slow feathering gene. I have been trying to breed it out but it keeps cropping up. Its even showing up in about 40% of my grades this year.No, nothing unusual. They’re keeping their fuzz longer. But the Crackers always feather out faster than other chickens.
i had this in my duckwing cubalayas. could never breed it out and keep the good colorI ask because about a quarter of my oriental chicks seem to have some form of recessive slow feathering gene. I have been trying to breed it out but it keeps cropping up. Its even showing up in about 40% of my grades this year.
Do you mean just slow to convert fuzz to feathers? Or patchy feathering with bare skin?I ask because about a quarter of my oriental chicks seem to have some form of recessive slow feathering gene. I have been trying to breed it out but it keeps cropping up. Its even showing up in about 40% of my grades this year.