Stupid Question - Could she be molting already ?

[OHChick]

Hi all... my chickies that I got 5/14 are all doing really well, feathering out and all, but I have one, that comes right up to me (sweet!) and I noticed that her wings are fine, feathers look good, but her body (the part under the wings, not her chest) looks weird. Like she's molting. Surely she's not molting already? I sprayed her with blue kote on that just in case something was wrong. I need to take a photo, but is that normal? The other girls seems to have some fuzz or feathers there.... but this girl its just stubbly.

Thanks in advance.

 

[DuckLady]

That is totally normal. She is replacing fuzz with feathers, which are the stubbly things you feel.

 

[silkiechicken]

That's normal, chicks will all change out their fuzz for juvenile feathers and then change thoes out for their adult feathers. All before starting to lay.