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i'd give him/her some time.....let him/her feather out completely and see. I thought last night my turkey was all messed up....her wing feathers were sticking out all over the place....turns out she wasn't folding them up properly, and had 2 feathers overlapping and throwing all the rest out at a funny angle. as soon as i put them the right way they were all normal and now fold up right. weird bird. must take after me....messy and slobbish....lol so hopefully he/she is actually okay and just looking a bit dorky at this point!
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:) ya all have to give me some credit, definitely not messy feathers, wouldn't bother posting about that 
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Almost seems like the entire wing structure is too large for the chick and he can't fold it right...too heavy? That wing looks like it belongs on a larger bird...weird!
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All five of the Black chicks seem to be very uneven, compared to the Blue chicks, which are cookie cutter even accept for the Blue expression.
If I take in to consideration that breeding Blue Ameraucana to Black Ameraucana constitutes an outcross , I will have to give it some further consideration, hope Shnookie doesn't suggest I hatch 50 of them
If I take in to consideration that breeding Blue Ameraucana to Black Ameraucana constitutes an outcross , I will have to give it some further consideration, hope Shnookie doesn't suggest I hatch 50 of them

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No I think 100 would be a better sample size!Ontario Chick wrote:QR_BBPOST hope Shnookie doesn't suggest I hatch 50 of them
Yes that picture makes it much clearer. Very odd indeed.
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Yup, unfortunately it has a matching pairkenya wrote:QR_BBPOST I agree ,100 sounds better! Definitely something not right with that wing.

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Look what you started, just rushed off to check all my turkey babies much to their displeasure!
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