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  1. HappyFeetHens

    Hen Losing Weight While Molting?

    I have a 2-3 year old RIR hen who is definitely molting, but she seems to have been losing weight recently. Another hen is molting too, but the one I’m concerned about is considerably smaller. I’m thinking she may have been losing weight prior to the molt, but when you see them every day it’s...
  2. Jmash

    Hen with no feathers on chest- doesn’t appear broody?

    hello!! I have a 10 month Australorp who I just noticed has no feathers on her chest. The bare skin seems healthy and she does not appear to be broody as she is outside, free ranging all day. She is still laying, but is slowing down. I don’t think she’s being picked on since she’s head of the...
  3. Jennifer_M

    Could nature be to blame

    Guess who ... :frow The weather here in St. Louis has been crazy. We went right from summer into winter this year and I think the sudden change has messed with the ducks natural processes. I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this in their flocks. There really isn't a gradual transition...
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  4. Noellereagan

    Questions Molting in cold weather

    is anyone else having problems with their turkeys still molting with cold weather? I live in Wisconsin and we woke up to a blanket of snow today and I’m a little concerned. My birds are, by no means in a full molt but they do still have some bald spots. See photo. They sleep indoors but not in...
  5. M

    Hard molt or mites?

    Our top-hat had a hard molt this summer and her head was last to go. It then seemed she got pecked. But now we are wondering could this be mites? It has been about a month her head feathers have been working on coming in. No one else in the flock has been affected and rest of her body looks...
  6. Animal family

    Quackers doesn’t like me anymore

    I’m hoping someone out there has some advice for me about my duck Quackers. She has changed from an affectionate duck to a duck who tries to bite me. She used to let me pick her up or pet her, always happy to see me, usually wanting in the house to see what I’m doing. She was egg bound 2...
  7. EggMan207

    Molting, Daylight, and Protein Needs

    Quick question here: I have some hens going through the molt, I know they need more protein. Will adding artificial light in the coop decrease the protein need and help get them through the molt faster? OR, will adding a light increase the protein needs and make them need even more? Insight on...
  8. Jordan01

    Molt??

    I brought these hens home a few days ago, one has a bald spot on her bum. I don't know if she's sick or if its a molt. Please help
  9. TheSillyDingo

    Molt or something else?

    I have 2 polish hens, a polish roo, and a silkie hen. My polish hens have quit laying and I know when they go through molt this happens, so i suspect that...however I can't remember when they usually do this. They seem fine physically, no signs of stress...but can heat cause them to stop? I live...
  10. PaigeK

    Lice maybe? Hen with bare neck

    Hello! I have 6 hens about 10 months old. All are laying daily, but one hen, Lois, has been missing her neck feathers for about 1.5-2 months now. At first I thought uneven molting or pecking order, but neither seem to be the case. I’ve been adding calcium to their diet but no change. Recently...
  11. chickengirl778

    Chicken not molting

    Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has ever had a chicken that never molted? My Barred Rock has never molted except for when she lost her chick fluff. Is something wrong with her? She seems very healthy but is starting to lose tiny amounts of feathers, probably just wearing off. I know it is...
  12. missmissyf

    Molting or Sexual Trauma??

    What do you think. Seems to be spreading.
  13. justinetaza

    Easter Egger stopped laying

    Hey guys! I have a small flock of 5 hens but my two Easter Eggers are losing their feathers right above the tail. Like completely missing.. bald spot...One worse than the other. The worse one has stopped laying from what I can tell.. what’s up with that? This is their first year laying, they...
  14. kesrchicky16

    First feathers.

    My chicks are coming up on a week old. The first hatchers are starting to get their tail feather and I'm able to start see patterning on the flight feathers. Are these first feathers indicative of what they will look like as adults? Also in trying to remember molts. They start with hatching...
  15. B

    What breed is my chicken?

    Hello! My name is Christina and last year around this time, Los Angeles had a huge downpour of rain for a log time, and a chicken showed up on our neighbors doorstep. He knew we had chickens, so we took her on. (We believed that she belonged to the neighbors, but we didn't ask because she was...
  16. 4Exploradores

    2nd molt in 6 months?

    Hi community. Thanks in advance for your help. In my flock of 7 hens, my two 17 month old Welsummer hens hard molted all summer long and had just begun laying again in late November when they both stopped laying again. They seem to be losing feathers again and their combs have grayed out again...
  17. chickengirl778

    Molting symptoms or sick?

    Two out of my three full grown hens are both going through a molt. Both also have quite pale combs, while the one who isn't molting has a bright red comb. Is this normal or should I be worried?
  18. Lazy Farmer

    Beautiful Molt Transformation Mottled Java

    My goodness.. I had to share these photos taken today while pulling maintenance on the farm. We breed a variety of types of poultry but by far my favorite full breed are Mottled Java Chickens. Our breeders just finished a molt and one of them transformed into a beautiful almost opposite...
  19. Jajika

    Is it cause it's winter?

    I have seven hens, two years old, who have stopped laying. They just came through a molt, and now the days are a lot shorter. Their combs are not bright red, which tells me they are not in the laying mood, but I've never gone through such an egg-laying drought. Anyone else having this same...
  20. Zoester

    Young hens doing me wrong. LOL

    My girls are only two and have always laid so many eggs I had to give them to half the neighborhood and now I am lucky to get one a day and it has been this way for a while. At first I thought after the summer molt, they will start again, but here it is Almost Dec. and one egg a day. I have a...
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