I have ten hens of various breeds all seven months old.
Several are losing a few feathers and one of my two speckled sussex is going through a complete molt.
I've read that hens generally do not molt the first year.
Is this normal? Could there be another cause for feather loss?
My 6 month old Ameraucana was chased by a dog last week until she collapsed. She had no visable external injuries. I isolated her in the coop. She seemed okay the next day, but subsequently has sequestered herself in a nesting box and seldom emerges. She has been given water with...