Is it normal for chicks to look so scruffy?

[stone_family3]

Seems like the lighter one looks a lot more scruffy then the two darker chicks. Ophelia is 6 1/2 weeks and according to the awesome people in the "What breed am I" section she's been identified as a Salmon Faverolle.

Here is what she looked like when I got her

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Here is her at week five

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and here is what she looks like today

IMAG0467 by StonesChickens, on Flickr

 

[ladyride]

yep they will get prettier in a few more weeks.

 

[stone_family3]

Okay, my darker ones are not nearly as scruffy, actually they're not at all. Though my EE did get super tall and my Partridge Cochin got wide and plump.

 

[ByeByeBlackBird]

they all go through that really ugly stage

 

[Impress]

Awww don't tell it it's scruffy, you will hurt it's feelings!

They all go through some really wacky stages before they settle into their adult beauty, I had a black Bantam Cochin hen who looked like a tiny ostrich mixed with a turkey for the first 2 months of it's life!

 

[SkyWarrior]

Awwww.

"Who ya calling scruffy looking?"

 

[Kaeta44]

If you think that's scruffy, take a look at my Polish Frizzle cockerel at 10 weeks - there's a "before and after" picture (posted on August 17) on my blog at http://muckycluckers.blogspot.com/ . He makes your youngster look really nice and tidy!


http://muckycluckers.blogspot.com/

 

[JodyJo]

they have a gawky teen time...they will be gorgeous when they mature a bit....

 

[stone_family3]

Here are my other two which don't look (IMO) nearly as scruffy, This is Ingrid and this is Violet (which I'm told is a roo, so I call him Baby Roo). I was thinking it was mostly because she's a lighter color. Thanks all I didn't know if I should be worried or not...LOL.


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You guys are all so helpful, I love this forum!!!!