Hi
We are newbie chicken lovers, but I have heard the molt will last for 4-8 weeks. You should start to see new feathers soon in some places. They look like the pin feathers you pull out of chicken that you are getting ready to roast. They are small and hard encased in like a shaft-like...
Our ladies are 6 months old and we live on the coast in central california. Our girls starting molting about 3 weeks ago, but mostly on their backs above their tales. It hasn't hurt egg production. The Wyandottes and Orps have molted the most. The Australorps have only lost a few feathers...