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This is an old thread but I have 7 wyandottes whose feathers look just like the one in the original post - their backs have downy broken looking feathers. Is this a Wyandotte thing? Mine chicks are 10 months old (this started about 6 weeks ago tho) and are eating and laying eggs - all of them...

Thanks! I wasn't too worried as they are eating and drinking and laying but they just look a little different. Their "fluffy butts" are extending over their backs and some on their chests too - no naked areas (can't wait to see them in molt..............ugh!) but seem to be otherwise healthy.

Hi! My eight month old silver laced wyandottes are all laying daily or nearly daily. Here is my question. Some of them are having a "change" in their feathers........... I am seeing a lot of fluffy feathers but the feathers they had that were brightly colored (laced) they are losing. I...

Thanks so much for all the reassurance. Every day they are getting bigger and bigger and I am getting more attached to them! I will not be so worried now - they are well sheltered and completely dry (unless they are trying to step in their waterer!). I sure love this website - so much...

Thanks! They are mostly feathered in and already sleep all together - I was just worried about them. Looks like 49 degrees over night and the whole coop/henhouse is in a sheltered spot on the side of a mountain.

We have 8 seven week old SL wyandottes. They are in a pen in our coop. It is supposed to get down in the 40's next week at night - should we put a heat lamp in? Help!

Yes, Brookliner, there are 2 waterers......... they are actually little cups with a lever the chicken hits when they drink and it adds water to the cup.