Ameraucana Experts....

can I ask a fairly unrelated question (relative newbie here, still learning) ? -

Birch Run said that her 8 week olds are going through a moult right now....

I though that chickens didn't moult until several months old... often during their first Fall. Am I incorrect? Do they moult at 8 weeks? My chickens are 12.5 weeks now (my first flock, so forgive me ignorance) and they didn't do anything that looked like a moult at 8 weeks as far as I know... that seemed to be when they finally were feathered out for the first time.... I'm just trying to be better educated.
 
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Chicks grow and lose feathers right up until they are about ready to lay or are sexually mature.

They also molt around 18 mos and usually yearly after that.
 

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