About molting

[Rizu]

Hi
How much time white leghorn takes to complete a molt?

 

[Lauren Kim]

It's random- Molting can last for 2-6 months.

 

[Welshies]

It's random- Molting can last for 2-6 months.

Molting does not happen for 6 months. Maybe 2-6 weeks. It happens once a year.

 

[Lauren Kim]

Molting does not happen for 6 months. Maybe 2-6 weeks. It happens once a year.

Ehhhh I read that in a BYC post. Must have been incorrect??

 

[Lauren Kim]

 

[Welshies]

Ehhhh I read that in a BYC post. Must have been incorrect??

Yeah, most likely, I could be mistaken... If molting lasted 6 months, birds would never lay. They usually stop laying while they molt.
Am I right or wrong? @junebuggena @aart
Likely I am very confused

 

[Abriana]

Maybe that person meant weeks.

 

[Lauren Kim]

Yeah, most likely, I could be mistaken... If molting lasted 6 months, birds would never lay. They usually stop laying while they molt.
Am I right or wrong? @junebuggena @aart
Likely I am very confused

When I read the post, I was also quite confused... how can a chicken be naked for 6 whole months?

 

[Welshies]

When I read the post, I was also quite confused... how can a chicken be naked for 6 whole months?

I'm almost certain they're wrong.

Maybe that person meant weeks.

I agree.

 

[Lauren Kim]

Maybe that person meant weeks.

By the way I love your new profile picture!!