Odd Ruffled Feathers on 6 Week Old Dominique Bantam?

[thebeanboi]

Hey!

Two out of 3 of my female sexed dominique bantams have a ruffle by the base of their tail, and I am confused on what it is. Any help?

 

[Birdsong 82]

The pictures are hard to see with the angle they are from. Could you get a better pic? How old are they? From what I can tell in the picture it doesn’t look like too much It could just happened to be how her feathers are growing in

 

[thebeanboi]

The pictures are hard to see with the angle they are from. Could you get a better pic? How old are they? From what I can tell in the picture it doesn’t look like too much It could just happened to be how her feathers are growing in

Okay, it's just hard to get a good photo because the lights don't work in their room, my camera goes out of focus often, and they constantly want to move. I'll see what I can do.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I always have to take like 30 or 40 pictures to get a good picture of my chickens. It is really hard because it’s almost like they don’t like having their picture taken and they’re constantly moving.I’ll look again if you post another pic but it seems like that might just be the way their feathers are growing in. How old are they

 

[thebeanboi]

I always have to take like 30 or 40 pictures to get a good picture of my chickens. It is really hard because it’s almost like they don’t like having their picture taken and they’re constantly moving.I’ll look again if you post another pic but it seems like that might just be the way their feathers are growing in. How old are they

6 weeks, I mentioned it in the thread.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Sorry I must’ve missed that one

 

[thebeanboi]

Sorry I must’ve missed that one

It's perfectly fine.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

hmmm.. @Wyorp Rock

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How much space do they have?

I agree more photos would be helpful. It looks like most of the ruffling is toward the tail?
Could be excessive preening or some feather nipping going on. Do they have access to dirt for taking dust baths?

 

[thebeanboi]

Ok! So, their feathers all have laid down. I think it was just the feathers developing.