ashbee
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My friend picked up a 5 week old Eckie baby today to hand raise, and she excitedly sent me photos when she got him home and settled, and he's cute and all but he's naked.
She hasn't taken him to a vet yet (tomorrow apparently) so I was just curious if any of you guys might have some ideas on why he's naked. He's got big boy feathers coming in on his wings and tail, but he has no down. All of my Eckie babies have had a nice woolly down at this age so he looks a little strange to me.
He eats ok although she's not using a great formula, and he weighed in at 349g.
Any ideas?
She hasn't taken him to a vet yet (tomorrow apparently) so I was just curious if any of you guys might have some ideas on why he's naked. He's got big boy feathers coming in on his wings and tail, but he has no down. All of my Eckie babies have had a nice woolly down at this age so he looks a little strange to me.
He eats ok although she's not using a great formula, and he weighed in at 349g.
Any ideas?