8 month old pullet molting in winter or being picked on?

[firsttimefarmgirl]

Hello everyone, this is my first year having chickens, so when I saw one of my lovely ladies losing some of her feathers and looking a little melancholy, I was concerned. She is an EE; I have another EE and a Partridge Rock, but neither of them are losing feathers. My partridge has been a little fussy with the others in the past, particularly around food. I have put out other food sources, and I have never witnessed her do anything super violent. I am in Western Washington, so it is getting cold and rainy for the winter. Her tail feathers started getting raggedy around a week ago, and she has been losing lots of neck and face feathers in the past few days. I know this is an irregular time for her to molt, so I just wanted to check in and see if this is normal or if she is being picked on/has some sort of illness. I have attached some pics of her feathers for reference. Thank you everyone!

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Molting. She has all those new pin feathers coming up.

 

[WallyG74]

Definitely molting. She’ll look like a zombie chicken before it’s all over. 5 of mine went through it and they are shiny and new again.

 

[Sally PB]

All three of my 9 month old pullets are going through a partial molt.

 

[Srog33]

My Easter egger hens looks exactly like yours (could be twins) and is going through the same thing! The others EEs are fine. Mine hatched in April 2020. I was concerned too but all the knowledgeable people here made me feel better. Mine may be a little further in to the molt though as she looks a bit more rough

 

[MysteryChicken]

She's molting.