Feathers turning white on adult bird?!

[Kat C]

We have white feathers turn up on birds after molt from time to time. Often after the next molt they go away. If I recall correctly we have had roosters get a few feathers like you picture, not quite as many. Note the feathers are not all white. Probably he has always had some with a bit of white at the base that is not noticeable and with this molt the distribution of white and color changed. We also had a mottled Java who lost almost all her white after a molt.
Here's an older BYC thread with others reporting this https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/can-a-chicken-change-colors.249136/

Chickens can even change gender - at least in external manifestations https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...p/Can-a-hen-can-turn-into-a-rooster-H234.aspx https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/what-cluck-case-gender-changing-hen.htm

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't see anything alarming with the feathers. It looks like that's just how he feathered in. As @chickengeorgeto mentioned he's getting older.

Can you take a look at Beakman's feet? It looks like the foot is swollen and has a scab. I can't tell if the scales are raised or not.

 

[April’s Zoo]

I got white “ feathers “ after having my kids. It’s gotten worse and worse every year View attachment 1450103

Yeah, it’s totally possible to “catch” white feathers from your kids— same thing happened to me.

 

[Kat C]

I don't think age has anything to do with it. We had two black hens that at 1 1/2 years molted. One got some white on the head, another on the back. Now a year later they are both back to pure black. (wish they weren't the bits of white helped me identify them quickly from other black birds) As I recall the roos we had who got whiter tails were young. Our oldest living rooster (7 years) never got a bit of white and our oldest living hen (12 years) never got a bit of white. Just something in the genetic make up that shows up differently after each molt. IMHO

 

[Abriana]

When chickens molt sometimes their new feathers come in in different colors than what they had. I think your rooster is beautiful with the white!

 

[Shorty22366]

I have a 8 month old rooster, Butch, that has white in his tail. Suppose to be silkie but I don't think so.

 

[adgcountrygirl]

Update: This rooster is the same one from my profile picture. His name is Beakman. All of his feathers turned white, and this Spring, he has started regaining feathers of his original coloring. The hen next to him has had wry neck for almost 2 years. I tried vitamins, but found that pumpkin (fresh or canned) and cooler weather are the best treatments for her. Her name is Jasper and she was raised with Beakman. They are the last two from my original flock and they were both the dominant birds of their gender.