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  1. HiEverybirdy

    Do your hens go off their usual feed when they moult?

    That's funny because ours want nothing to do with any kind of canned fish. That's a surprise based on how many BYC members share their birds' love of tuna and catfood. I keep a little mealworm farm in the closet and hand those out liberally 2-3 times a month during molt for an...
  2. HiEverybirdy

    Do your hens go off their usual feed when they moult?

    I've spent more time lately observing the molt with this thread in mind. Sticking with a shaky "no" vote. There was slightly reduced commercial feed intake for 2-5 days in the middle of the molt but nobody has gone significantly off of it. Notes: our birds are in their 1st through 3rd molts...
  3. HiEverybirdy

    Do your hens go off their usual feed when they moult?

    After 2 years of observing molts, I'll say ours don't go off their feed. They get runny poop for about a week, take more naps and have a short fuse with other chickens for 1-2 weeks, and get pale/smaller combs for a few months. During the worst of the molt, it looks like they feel like we do...
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