will their feathers grow back?

[ChickQueen77]

I just got 4 new silkie hens they are about 1 year old I think but they are missing their plume feathers and a few of them are missing their leg feathers will they ever grow back and if they do how long will it be?

 

[nuthatched]

They'll grow back next molt.

 

[Livia Ammon]

I’ve had chickens with bald patches when I got them, and their feathers grew back, although they were white, and their feathers on my hen were black.

 

[ChickQueen77]

how long would it normally take to grow back?

 

[Livia Ammon]

Awhile, like a month or two for me, but eventually

 

[ChickQueen77]

i want to show them at the end of July but I can't if they don't have feathers

 

[Livia Ammon]

It all depends on the chicken

 

[C Siena]

A few of our ladies have bare/somewhat bare spots due to mating (getting saddles). They are due to molt about September and then the feathers should grow back.
I may try to mark a couple that are the rooster's favs to put a saddle on them earlier in the spring.

 

[nuthatched]

i want to show them at the end of July but I can't if they don't have feathers

If they have a summer molt, they'll have feathers but most birds molt in the fall.
Unless you can verify their healthy staus through testing,most areas won't let you show.

 

[ChickQueen77]

A few of our ladies have bare/somewhat bare spots due to mating (getting saddles). They are due to molt about September and then the feathers should grow back.
I may try to mark a couple that are the rooster's favs to put a saddle on them earlier in the spring.

i don't have any roosters with them