molting cold

I currently have three hens and all of them molted about the same time in September or October. All of them lost feathers, but my girl Florence lost the most. About 3 weeks ago, I took a short trip for about 5 days and had a friend watch my birds. She didn't let them out at all during that time...

I live in the foothills of Colorado and have super durable cold weather chickens so I usually don’t worry about my girls and the cold. However, they are currently molting and we’re getting a huge snow storm and a temp shift down to 2 degrees. I have a large dog cage (plenty big enough for 5...

Out of our five hens, one of them is molting late. She’s still in the process of losing feathers and has minimal new growth. We’re experiencing a cold snap right now; it’s -1 degree Fahrenheit and won’t get above freezing until two days from now (with night time lows still below freezing). When...