Are my girls molting or is the roo pulling them?

[Horsebackgurl98]

Are my girls molting or is the roo pulling them? I have a young cockrel who doesn't seem to be bothering them.

 

[courtsmarans]

The feathers that are missing along the back and then back of the head are most likely from your roo breeding. If they start to get wounds from his nails I would use a chicken saddle. That's what I had to do for my girls and they already getting feather growth back.

 

[ColtHandorf]

That doesn't look like over-breeding or like normal molting. You might check them over to see if they have lice or mites?