Feathering-in Question...

[CCourson05]

I have a BO x RIR that is 2 weeks old and barely has any feathering except some light wing feathering... This common in either of the breeds?

 

[BrattishTaz]

My BO's feathered out slower than the rest. The BO roo was the last to crow and grew a bit slower too. I have no idea about RIR's.

 

[CowgirlPenny]

I have RIR crosses (production reds) and BO's. Both the BO's and the RIR crosses, have feathered slower, to the point I have posted pics before asking the same thing on the Production reds,lol. They were 8 weeks old almost and still missing some facing feathers when the other were fully feathered for weeks. They caught up.

I have three 3 week old BO's right now. The two hens have body feathers but none on the neck or head. From age comparisons, I can see that they didnt feather as fast as my first batch.

The one that I'm almost positive is a Roo, has very little body feathers, no real noticeable tail feathers.