3 day old guinneas already growing pinfeathers?

[peepsandquacks]

I recieved my guinneas today (3 days old) and I was holding one and noticed he has pin feathers in his wings. I checked a few more, and they all do! Is this typical? I always thought it took some time before they grow adult feathers.

 

[speckledhen]

Yup, it's typical!

 

[ColbyNTX]

Yep, normal!

 

[PeepsCA]

Yes, that's normal... in another couple days they will be really noticeable, and at about a week to 10 days old they will have a few really long wing feathers that droop down and/or stick out at funny angles, looking almost like they have something wrong with their wings... this is normal too.

 

[peepsandquacks]

these are really wierd birds LOL. They are funny, and just....wierd.

 

[PeepsCA]

LOL! You just wait until they go thru their ugly stage when they lose the down on their heads and necks... lol