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Is this normal when growing feathers??

post #1 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:15am
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Ok...so I am a 1st time chick mom...and our chicks are 2 weeks old. They have started developing their feathers...but I noticed yesterday when cleaning their brooder that some have some parts on them that you can see their bare skin. They don't pick at each other...or at least I haven't noticed it.

Here is a couple photos....so is this normal when they are growing their feathers & losing their 'fuzz'????

 

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post #2 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:16am

what breed are they?

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

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post #3 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:17am

It looks normal, some chicks do that. I'm not that experienced, though...

I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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I am the mama of 9 full-grown hens: 1 Dominikers, 1 Partridge Rock, and 2 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 gold comets

Join my RPG!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745405/walk-in-the-wild-wolf-rpg#post_10488392

Or this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/748669/pride-of-the-serangheti-a-lion-pride-rpg-needs-members

Or, this one!!  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764630/stray-wild-feral-ca...

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post #4 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:17am
Completely normal. They look really weird for a couple of weeks and then they are miniature chickens.

Usually they lose their fluff on their belly, under their wings and near their butt. Nothing to worry about!

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #5 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:20am
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I'm not sure on the actual breed because when I ordered them it only said "brown layers" on the sheet. But someone told me they know they are 1/2 Rhode Island Red & 1/2 another breed.
 

Wife, Mommy to 2 {with one due in July!}, & chicken mommy to...3 R.I.R's...2 Delaware...2 Barred Rock...3 Ameracunas...2 Silkie Partridge...2 Frizzle & 2 Buff Polish!
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Wife, Mommy to 2 {with one due in July!}, & chicken mommy to...3 R.I.R's...2 Delaware...2 Barred Rock...3 Ameracunas...2 Silkie Partridge...2 Frizzle & 2 Buff Polish!
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post #6 of 9
6/6/12 at 4:22am

I'd like to see the body, but from what I can see looks rhode island red. Chick looks normal to me. 

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post #7 of 9
6/6/12 at 7:23am
They look like Red Sex Links.

LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #8 of 9
6/6/12 at 7:23am
By the way, you're from NB?! woot.gif

LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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post #9 of 9
6/6/12 at 11:13am
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Perfectly normal. 

 

Wait until you see a young cockerel feather in for the first time.  They grow feathers in a very patchy manner.  They look like moth-eaten mini dinosaurs.  My newest EE cockerel looked like a one-foot-tall ostrich until recently- feathers on his body, fuzz on his neck, bald head, no tail at all.  Seriously, the ugliest chick I have ever laid eyes on.  He's getting prettier, though.

 

Good luck with them.

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