molting

  1. T

    Molting or something else

    Hello, two of my hens wing feathers look like feathers are missing. They are acting normal and still laying eggs and comb is still bright red. The wings have been this way about three months. I thought it was possibly their first molt but they have been this way awhile now.
  2. S

    Molting Chicken Keeps Getting Pecked! Advice?

    Hi All, I have a Welsummer chicken (Lucy) who is 1 year old. She began molting back in late December (kinda early but I read that sometimes happens). She is pretty much done but can't seem to grow back her final tail feathers. This is mainly because another hen (Dolly) continues to peck at her...
  3. Thecharmingchickenmama

    Leaky Bum & Missing Neck and Butt Feathers

    Hello, I’m a first time chicken mom. I know that chickens go through a molting phase, but how long does it take for the feathers to grow back. These ladies still have a feathers missing from the neck and butts. I also noticed the neck and butt one of them is turning red. A few weeks ago I found...
  4. A

    Is this roo molting or something else?

    Hi All. Relatively new to keeping chickens, ours are 10 months old. Is our roo molting? Or is something else going on/did he get in a scuffle? Can’t seem to find a picture online of how ours is looking. Any insight is much appreciated :)
  5. R

    Missing feathers, barbs still in tact

    Yesterday, I noticed that one of my girls looked like she had injured her neck. She is one that is very skittish around us, so the only time I could inspect her is at night. I couldn’t see any broken skin, but the back of her neck and onto her back, she’s missing feathers but still has the barbs...
  6. Verbon30

    Chicken molting for 6 months.

    She been molting for 6 months I accidentally triggered a stress molt in 2 hens moving them around 2 coops 1 hen recovered normally. But one is growing feathers back at a extremely slow rate . She also seems to still laying eggs. I have feeding her kalmbach feathers fixer for the last 4 months it...
  7. I

    Naked hen

    My RIR started molting and now temps are below freezing. I made her a nice fleece saddle but the others are attacking her until I took it off. Would it help if the saddle was the same color as her? Any other ideas? The photo doesn't show how few feathers she actually has.
  8. Barredrocker99

    Egg with no shell at all?

    Hey all! With the colder weather approaching, a couple of my girls are going through some pretty gnarly molting. One of my Easter eggers hasn’t been laying for the last couple weeks(I know this because she is the only one out of 16 chickens who lays very light brown eggs) due to her molt. Two...
  9. Barredrocker99

    Laying while molting?

    Hey all! With the colder weather approaching, a couple of my girls are going through some pretty gnarly molting. One of my Easter eggers hasn’t been laying for the last couple weeks(I know this because she is the only one out of 16 chickens who lays very light brown eggs) due to her molt. Two...
  10. catobsessed

    Cute or Weird?

    Since my girls are molting, I decided to save some of the prettiest feathers in an ornament! Has anyone done anything similar before? The process itself it’s pretty self explanatory-I just picked up some feathers on the ground, carefully put them in a glass ornament, disinfected the outside of...
  11. G

    Molting for 5 months

    Hello, I have two Bielefelders that are 1.5 years old. Around mid July of this year they stopped laying eggs and started to molt. At first it was a lot of feathers, they were very lethargic. Those new feathers have filled in but they are still continuing to loose feathers. Around the neck...
  12. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Chicken Not Lating and Eating Less

    All of my hens are a little over 2.5 years old and most have finished up a molt. A couple returned to laying, but, as the days shortened, they soon stopped. Only one RIR is laying (after a molt). My ISA brown seems to have stopped entirely, which is a first, and my GLW, after starting to lay for...
  13. S

    Duck itching and loosing skin cells

    Hello all! I’m new to this site. My mallard duck, Quackie, is five years old. She has been scratching and preening herself a lot. Loosing feather and skins cells all over the place. I would assume she was molting but she molted last month. She is an indoor duck with access to clean water and...
    • Spop16
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    • #sneezing itching molting
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. A

    Rooster with pale face,

    What could be going on if a rooster's face gets all pale (just his face, comb and wattles are fine), but then gets it's color back as soon as I pick him up or give attention? Molting related somehow? I believe this also happened with my boy this time last year, he's in the process of growing...
  15. chrissyd79

    Red leghorn has been limping when she started molting but has no foot injury

    My red leghor, Princess Lay A is 18 months old and started molting about a month ago. A couple of weeks ago she stopped wanting to go outside and doesn’t perch at night. She creeps slowly and limps but I can’t find any injuries on her feet. She eats and drinks. The past couple of days I’ve...
  16. K

    Is my duck molting?

    This is the first full year I have had my ducks , they are 1 year and 4 months old and I noticed my one ducks feathers look bad and my other ducks feathers are beginning to look the same. Attached are some pictures of what I’m talking about
    • Karley
    • Thread
    • ducks help molting
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. H

    Silkies Not Growing Enough New Feathers?

    Any ideas why my silkies are having trouble growing back their feathers? It's a been a consistent problem for two years of molts now - they will lose the old feathers but not grow enough new ones back and some of the ones they grow back aren't smooth and pretty like they should be. These hens...
  18. F

    Chickens laying at full capacity

    Is this normal for this time of year? I have six chickens and they have laid six eggs per day for the last 11 days. Everywhere I'm looking on the internet, other chicken owners claim that their production is way down and molting feathers all over the coop. Have seen very few feathers around...
  19. thecarmiearmy

    Molting during a rainstorm

    Hello all, I live on the west coast, where we are getting hit with heavy rainfall and floods. My hen has been molting (growing her feathers back, currently) and lethargic. Yes, I figure she's tired from her body being in overdrive to grow those feathers back. We've been giving the chickens...
  20. Rachel D

    First molt and chicken sleeping alone

    Hello, I have 4 girls: 2 Easter eggers, one barred rock, and one golden Wyandotte, all about 18 months old. My smaller Easter egger Pippi is molting and hasn’t laid an egg in over a week. They have a very secure run, and they all love to sleep outside on their roosting bar, but Pippi has moved...
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