I have a EE that was born at the end if March and over the last week her feathers are dropping and as you can see her neck feathers are thin and new ones are coming in.
Everything I've read says they are much older before molt. I'm in NC and weather has been all over the place...today 50...
This is our first go at owning chickens and so far we love it. They are fun and very interesting creatures. Thanks to a lot of reading here and other places our chickens have it all...they might be spoiled. Here's a short video of them I shot yesterday enjoying their bath area, only took them...
This will help as I'm new but this worked great. Near dusk coax one of them up the ramp, get one or two in and the others will follow. After a day or two they will be automatic. Next, the problem with them laying on the floor is probably because they are waiting till it's too dark inside and...