Improper feeding and watering will bring on a "FORCED" molt at any time of the year.
It is not necessary to completely withdraw food or water from your flock to effect a forced molt. It can be done by a novice chicken keeper if he or she feeds a ration low in certain necessary minerals or...
Most of the commercial eggs produced today in the USA are produced in the Northern states mainly because of the cooler temps. While most meat chickens come from the warmer Southern states. Why is that?
I agree with the view that your hens don't lay enough because their penial gland is getting...