bare breatbone???

[lablover]

So I'm guessing that the hard bone running underneath the chick is the breastbone?? Well, all of mine do not have hair on that area. Is that normal!?

 

[Panth]

lol, hopefully they will get FEATHERS there, but depending on the age and breed, I wouldn't be worried about it. The adult feathers should be fully in by week 5, but some chickens will show their breastbone even as adults.

 

[lablover]

Ok, what a relief! They are somewhere over 2 weeks old, and I have no clue on the breed.

Oh, didn't mean hair! Well, the rest of the "stuff" around that area is fuzz.

 

[Irish6425]

My white rocks rubbed off all of their soft down on their breastbone/stomach around week 2 but have feathered out nicely. Well, that is if you ignore the butt pecking incident.