molt

  1. flourishaustin

    Diseased Pin Feathers?

    Hi y'all! I'm a novice small flock chicken-lady in Austin, TX. I have 5 different breeds that are all molting or recovering from molting at the moment. My brahma has me scratching my head though. She went through a hard molt at the end of September (almost 2 months ago) and grew back feathers...
  2. pclark17

    Experiencing first molt?

    Three of our four hens are a little over a year old and appears as if they have all begun a slow molt recently as the days have gotten shorter and the weather has begun to turn. We have noticed a little inconsistency in the egg laying during this time period which obviously I know is to be...
  3. ThesuburbHENyard

    Early Molting at 7 months? Or Something Else?

    I have a 7 month old brown leghorn who appears to be going through "partial molt" I think, but I wanted to ask you guys. She stopped laying eggs about 3 weeks ago Just this past week I have noticed large tail feathers dropping, and now some of her small chest and shoulder feathers. Her comb...
  4. Bk5566

    Bad molt? Blood & scaly skin.

    My five year old ameracauna is struggling with her molt. Her neck is bald with dry scaly patches and no pin feathers coming in. This morning she developed bloody patches on both of her shoulders. She is hiding from the other chickens ( I have now separated them). She is eating and drinking...
  5. alisadavis

    Bald bantam

    Hello, Last fall, I acquired 4 adult hens from a friend that could not keep them. One hen is a Dutch bantam, the other 3 are standard sized, each a different breed. I kept their food the same and tried to make the transition as easy as possible for them, and the hens were laying fine and...
  6. Englishable

    Signs of imminent molt? Egg production decrease

    We have 11 Lavender Orpington hens that are about 14 months old. Up until a couple weeks ago, we'd been getting anywhere from 6-10 eggs a day; it's suddenly decreased to 2-4. We feed a custom mix of feed: corn-free, soy-free and 17% protein. The whole flock (11 hens, 2 roosters and 17 guineas)...
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