Chicken bald back

[spott]

Hi all,

i haven't posted in years, thought i had this mostly figured out... Now for the first time i bought some pullets rather than PoL hens. they are poppy, a speckled sussex, daisy, a light sussex, and buffy, a buff sussex. They are about 10weeks old now. The breeder told me they wouldn't moult this season, but they seem very fluffy an losing feathers. Is this normal at that age? They look healthy, i can see no sign of crawly things on their skin, and they have DE in their dust bath.

 

Buffy has no tail feathers, the other 2 have a few poking out, they look like they got their wing feathers, but on chest and back their feathers are adult couloured but downy textured, very light, blowing in the slightest breeze.

 

Thank you for you help,

Spott

 

Ps: relly need to update my signiture, lol

[sjp]

at 10 weeks old they've still got to grow their first adult feathers so they will moult but it's more of a gradual thing

[mullethunter]

I had my Pekins at 10 weeks and I seem to remember they had a bit of a moult as they grew their final feathers.

[Cat tails]

Same here. Feathers flying all through the garden when they went from their dull feathers to a nice glossy finish.

[jimnpaula]

Hi spott - di you get them from Noddy's? Only I'm thinking of getting some from there and was wondering what you thought of the place?

[spott]

Yes, thats where i got them from. The chicks looked awesome, and all the chickens had acces to grass, they looked so happy i just wanted to move in!