moulting

  1. madisonboe

    Is this moulting or something else?

    My Buff Orpington who is coming up on a year old (she’s around 10 months) has lost some feathers on the back of her neck, it looks like porcupine needles and she is normally very fluffy! She’s the only one who is looking like this. I don’t think any of my hens have gone through moulting yet so...
  2. L

    Protein help please!

    Hello I'm a newbie hen keeper with 5 rescued battery hens adopted in September last year so still finding my feet I know a lot about nutrition (for humans) so I understand the concept and I've read loads online about feeding but I have some specific questions. I'm probably over-thinking it but...
  3. Rebecca dean

    Moulting. Help

    Right I have sort of new to owning Pekin bantams. I rescused a lavender bantam she was roughly around 6 months when I rescued her she was laying eggs then stopped in the October and started to moult then stopped moulting then started again in November for a few days then stopped then has just...
  4. A

    Hen laying, moulting and being partially broody all at same time

    My Aseel, who is around and above a year old, is going through her moult. A light one though. She is missing feathers on both her leg joints and few other places as well. Unnoticeable without picking her up and having a deeper look. But interestingly, she hasn't stopped laying. Neither the...
  5. freedomlady

    Molting and winter

    I have 29 chickens and 24 of them are hens. 5 of them are this years babies. They did start moulting about two months ago. When should they pick back up in production? This means that I should have 19 hens laying eggs. I am lucky to get 1 egg a day right now. I was getting at least 10 to 13 eggs...
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