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  1. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Oh Wow. I can't believe my sweet Coco won. Well, I kind of can. That molt was horrible. She shivered and shook and I really thought I was going to lose her. Here is is last week. I had just picked her up which she doesn't like so she wouldn't come out from under the bush near me again. I...
  2. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    OMG, your poor hen. She's a real looker with her feathers fully opened.
  3. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Here's Coco 3 weeks to the day since she started to molt. She no longer has any bare skin showing. Even her bottom is fluffy. She is no longer shivering either. She's actually cool to the touch so I know those feathers are starting to hold in the heat even though they are far from being...
  4. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Yesterday was two weeks since Coco started molting. I wanted to post follow up photos because she's growing in feathers soooo fast. She started molting Wednesday morning and by Saturday, she was pretty much naked. Today, you can barely see any bare skin. The feathers on her bottom still...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Today marks two weeks since I found the coop floor covered in feathers. Her pin feathers are starting to open and you can't see much bare skin. Although, she still isn't really covered because those feathers are not fully open and the downy fluff at the bottom of the feather shaft isn't there...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Thanks. I just checked on her. She stays in the coop late. Probably because it's cold outside. I got her to come out and eat some warm mash under her heat lamp. Her pin feathers are coming in fast and furious. I really think by mid to later this week, she'll have some coverage. But she's...
  7. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Thanks for your reply. How long did it take your hen to feather out? Coco started to molt last Wednesday and was bald by Saturday. I'm hoping that by next weekend that she'll at least have some coverage. I'm in CA so the temperature is quite mild here. I did close up all the vents on my...
  8. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    I know people say not to do it. But I did put a heat lamp out in the run for her after I found her shivering last night. This is only 8 days into her molt. The good news is that some of those feathers are starting to open up already. But my heart is aching for her. She's the sweetest JG you...
  9. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    Good Golly. That's worse than mine.
  10. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    If they are deprived of food in anyway, it can force them into a hard molt. I've had a situation where we were gone for a week and one hen made another hen's life miserable and kept her away from food. In that short time, she started a hard and ugly molt. I had another time where I bought...
  11. TheSpiceGirls

    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    FORTUNATELY, no rooster for her to worry about. I bought a saddle and tried to put it on her and she totally freaked. What the photos don't show is that she's got pin feathers all over her wings and everywhere. She's just miserable. So I opted to leave her alone. It hasn't been cold and as...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2014

    This is what my gorgeous Jersey Giant SHOULD look like. But it's like she held her breath and just blew out all her back feathers. And about a week later... And a whole body shot. Her head is a hot mess too. She's desperately trying to hold her wings up high on her back and keep...
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