balding chicks, two weeks old

[stillbeachin]

is balding normal, that chicks lose their fluff and then the feathers come in? mine have baldness along the neck and under the wings, also top of shoulder... please help!!!

 

[aseelforsale]

It depends on the breed you have some hard feather birds it is normal

 

[luv2greys]

I have a speckled sussex pullet that at about 4 weeks started displaying baldness on her head--but otherwise no problems. I started putting triple antibiotic ointment (without the pain reliever) on her head every couple of days and kept that up for a couple of weeks. Now at 3 months her feathers are growing in as they should be. Have no idea what caused it . So possibly worth a try?

 

[witchawomn]

Mine are two weeks and they're all balding! Glad I'm not the only one...

 

[stillbeachin]

hi, thank you, they're australorps

 

[stillbeachin]

thank you! i just might try that. i will watch them carefully for another week and see if it gets red or irritated looking. then they'll be three weeks. do you mean something like the polysporin triple?
thanks again for your reply, so much!

 

[stillbeachin]

hi, i called the breeder and he said as long as they look vigorous and healthy, not to worry... i did read up about a mini-molt which can occur around this time. i guess we'll just wait and see. i think i'd try some polysporin if it starts looking irritated... but under those hot lights, can't expect it not to look a little red?! where are yours balding? i will post a picture later today when i get another set of hands to hekp me.
colette

 

[stillbeachin]

It depends on the breed you have some hard feather birds it is normal

thank you, they're australorps... are they hard feathered?

Mine are two weeks and they're all balding! Glad I'm not the only one...

hi, i called the breeder and he said as long as they look vigorous and healthy, not to worry... i did read up about a mini-molt which can occur around this time. i guess we'll just wait and see. i think i'd try some polysporin if it starts looking irritated... but under those hot lights, can't expect it not to look a little red?! where are yours balding? i will post a picture later today when i get another set of hands to hekp me.
colette

 

[stillbeachin]

I have a speckled sussex pullet that at about 4 weeks started displaying baldness on her head--but otherwise no problems. I started putting triple antibiotic ointment (without the pain reliever) on her head every couple of days and kept that up for a couple of weeks. Now at 3 months her feathers are growing in as they should be. Have no idea what caused it . So possibly worth a try?

thank you! i just might try that. i will watch them carefully for another week and see if it gets red or irritated looking. then they'll be three weeks. do you mean something like the polysporin triple?
thanks again for your reply, so much!

 

[stillbeachin]

thank you, they're australorps... are they hard feathered?


hi, i called the breeder and he said as long as they look vigorous and healthy, not to worry... i did read up about a mini-molt which can occur around this time. i guess we'll just wait and see. i think i'd try some polysporin if it starts looking irritated... but under those hot lights, can't expect it not to look a little red?! where are yours balding? i will post a picture later today when i get another set of hands to hekp me.
colette

here is the post from "the chicken chick":

First Juvenile Molt​

There are actually two, juvenile or "mini molts" as I like to call them, before a chicken's first annual molt. The first mini molt begins at 6-8 days old and is complete by approximately 4 weeks when the chick's down is replaced by its first feathers.