9 month old molt?

[MountainMomma359]

That is a very common often repeated misconception on this forum. Some, not all but some, pullets skip the molt and continue laying their first winter. Some molt and don't lay during that first winter. Some don't molt but don't lay either their first winter. I've had pullets start laying the first week of December, during the shortest days of the year. Some do a full molt, some a partial. The more rules you make and the more rigid you are in setting those rules the more disappointed you are likely to be.

We can tell you what they often do. But any time someone tells you that every chicken on the planet always does this it's probably time to get a second opinion. Every broody behaves this way. No they don't. Every chicken roosts this way. No they don't. Every pullet or hen lays this way. No they don't. Most may behave a certain way but they are living animals, somebody can always come up with an exception.

It sounds like one of your pullets is molting. I don't know if the other two will or not.

I'm ok with it as long as it's somewhere with in the spectrum of normal. It's my first year with them and I mainly want to make sure everything is ok. I can do without fresh eggs for a bit. And after checking on them it seems like 3 out of 4 are molting. Poor girls.

 

[luisrosa411]

I’m seeing this as well. Light molt, avoidant behavior, not eating as much

 

[MountainMomma359]

On a funny note, someone mentioned mostly neck and butt feathers at this ages molt. I was throwing some treats and one of the "light molt girls" bent down and her poor but is featherless