I have 4 Partridge cochin chicks that will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and they all are missing feathers on their shoulders except for 1 but that's because he's already gotten in his feathers there. IS it normal? They're not bloody so i don't think the other chicks are picking on them. Thanks in Advance! !Shkittles!
Oh.. I need to know too. Just one of my bantam chicks has spots on its shoulders/ wings just like that. The rest don't. And mine are just about 4 weeks old too.
If you see the bald spot on the back of the neck between the shoulders when they put their heads down, I think that's normal. All ten of mine went through that at differing times when the down fell out and the feathers hadn't come in all the way.
Check this site about the feathering process. You may feel better afterwards. http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/lvstk2/mf2308.pdf
