Thank you all so much for your input. It’s eased my mind a bit. I’m in Alabama, so it’s not cold to most people, but it’s been really warm till last night when a cold front came through. Dropped about 30 degrees. Maybe she’s just cold. I really appreciate all those that took time to respond.
I need to feel her abdomen. I didn’t try to touch her or pick her up all day, cause all I’d read on molting, was that it hurts. So I don’t want to mess with her. My husband is the chicken farmer, but won’t be home for awhile. He’s been gone all day. They free range all day, eat a feed we get a...
One of our hens was losing TONS of feathers, got on here today, reading about molting, apparently it can be a hard molt... I felt better about her, but went to lock them up tonight, and she wasn’t roosting with the others. She was alone in a nesting box. Her noise sounded a little distressed to...