Silkie with "scales" on skin?

[hanselong]

A couple of days ago, I noticed that my silkie has "scales" around her butt, but I thought it went away.

Today I noticed that she still has "scales" around her butt. Further, I notice that the skin under her wings are not covered with feathers/fuzz.

Please advise!


Silkie Bantam:
~2 weeks old, going on 3 weeks.
In brooder (pine shavings, ~80 Degress Fahrenheit from a red 100W bulb) with two other chicks of ~same age (Dorking and Easter Egger).
Starter Feed, some grit (free choice vegetable baby food ignored, yesterday placed free choice green peas and corn).

I thought at first it was because I applied a little bit of Eucerin Aquaphor Healing Ointment a week ago (this is what we use instead of Vaseline), but now I'm even less sure.

The other two chicks doesn't seem to have this problem (and doesn't need me to clean their butt for them).

I scour the brooder once a day to clean it out of as much poop as I can find.

 

[onthespot]

do you have any camera with a better focus? It is hard to see what is in the photos you posted.

 

[hanselong]

Sorry, that's the best my wife and I can do; we only have one camera...

For what it's worth, it reminds me of fish scales, and I'm under the impression that if the "scales" comes off, it'll take away some fuzz with it...

[edit 1: I never raised chickens before, but it looks almost as if silkie is molting...]

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Well, as for the skin under the wings, I think it's pretty normal for that age not to have much fuzz there. Our chicks were like that; they grew their fuzz/feathers in a week or two later.
Our silkie hen has scaly skin sometimes. I think she gets in when she molts. Maybe your chick is just more sensitive to all the fuzz and feathers growing out.

 

[hanselong]

@The Chickens' Maid: Thank you very much for your reply! That's reassuring to hear!