Silver Laced Wyandottes slow to feather?

[BroodyMama]

I have a SLW (one of my very first batch of four chicks) who is approaching 5 weeks and is still very much in the awkward adolescent dino-chicken stage. I'd go so far as to say that she has very few feathers coming in. Wish I could post pix, but am slow on the tech uptake.

My others are a RIR (about 60-70% feathered), an Australorp (almost entirely feathered), and a mystery breed wo looks like a Buff Orp but who has grey legs (also almost entirely feathered).

My SLW seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order, but I don't think she's getting picked on. Is this breed just slow to have its feathers come in?

-new BroodyMama

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

It is probably sex linked slow feathering. On second thought if the females are slow feathering their sons will be slow feathering.

 

[heidil]

Is this breed just slow to have its feathers come in?

-new BroodyMama

I bought 8 different breeds and the SLW's are way behind the others in developing mature feathers.