baby chick with bare spots on wings

[dharmasister]

I have three 6-week old light Brahma chicks. One of them has developed bare patches on the tops of her wings. I've been watching carefully to see if the other chicks have been pecking at her or if she has been plucking them herself and this doesn't seem to be the case. What else could be the cause of this and how concerned she I be about it. Her behavior and everything else are perfectly normal.

 

[MangerSainFarms]

It's just a phase of the down like soft chick feathers being replaced by the adult like feathers (more normal feathers). We call it the ugly dinosaur phase. In the pic you can see my copper maran rooster. He has the same look

 

[dharmasister]

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Thanks MangerSainFarms for the response. I've been worried about her because none of the other chicks I've raised have shown this pattern of feather growth.

 

[dharmasister]

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Thanks MangerSainFarms for the response. I've been worried about her because none of the other chicks I've raised have shown this pattern of feather growth.