Is this normal when growing feathers??

[lizakn]

Ok...so I am a 1st time chick mom...and our chicks are 2 weeks old. They have started developing their feathers...but I noticed yesterday when cleaning their brooder that some have some parts on them that you can see their bare skin. They don't pick at each other...or at least I haven't noticed it.
Here is a couple photos....so is this normal when they are growing their feathers & losing their 'fuzz'????

 

[animallover505]

what breed are they?

 

[animallover505]

It looks normal, some chicks do that. I'm not that experienced, though...

 

[aoxa]

Completely normal. They look really weird for a couple of weeks and then they are miniature chickens.

Usually they lose their fluff on their belly, under their wings and near their butt. Nothing to worry about!

 

[lizakn]

I'm not sure on the actual breed because when I ordered them it only said "brown layers" on the sheet. But someone told me they know they are 1/2 Rhode Island Red & 1/2 another breed.

 

[Red Barn Farms]

I'd like to see the body, but from what I can see looks rhode island red. Chick looks normal to me.

 

[aoxa]

They look like Red Sex Links.

 

[aoxa]

By the way, you're from NB?!

 

[CMV]

Perfectly normal.

Wait until you see a young cockerel feather in for the first time. They grow feathers in a very patchy manner. They look like moth-eaten mini dinosaurs. My newest EE cockerel looked like a one-foot-tall ostrich until recently- feathers on his body, fuzz on his neck, bald head, no tail at all. Seriously, the ugliest chick I have ever laid eyes on. He's getting prettier, though.

Good luck with them.