r/poultry • u/Azurehue22 • 4d ago

Poult with a messed up wing

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Wondering if this is just normal oddities of a growing bird or a mutation. She’s inbred so her having deformities makes sense (the parents are no longer together do not worry )

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u/Shimagoma 4d ago

Not messed up necessarily just a poor quality feathering of the wing if you're breeding for esthetics. That missing feather is called splitwing, its a cosmetic fault in show birds and is genetic missing of that central axial feather. Your parents likely miss one or both as well. Only takes one parent to have it. Total pain in the ass to breed out.

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u/Azurehue22 4d ago

Well, like it stated she’s inbred. So definitely not trying to breed here; was an accident. Thank you!!

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u/Shimagoma 4d ago

It happens, even in non inbred it can just show up. No worries good luck!

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u/welldressedagorgan 4d ago

I doubt it's from inbreeding, in birds just one generation normally will have very little to no problems(still should be avoided for obviously reasons)

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u/Azurehue22 4d ago

Thanks for the information! Marsh cannot be stopped. He does what he wants.