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Do many Spring Chickens Molt in their first fall?
I did find this bit of info from a southern hemisphere source: MOLT It's a bit confusing as the seasons are swapped, but from what I gather is that some birds will have a short lived early molt and hopefully she'll start laying again around Christmas. excerpt: So if a flock of pullets...- TimofDoom
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Do many Spring Chickens Molt in their first fall?
I've been looking around for someone to confirm to me what appears to be a spring chicken molting in her first fall (at about 7 months old). She is an Easter Egger that started laying a little early at 18 weeks and laid six eggs/wk for about 3 months. I do not have them on artificial light and...- TimofDoom
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