I think a couple of my chickens are molting but I am not sure. If I remember correctly, they are around 8 and 9 months old. What do you think of these two situations?
My Black Austrolorp: I read that they start molting at the neck and work their way down the back. She is bald right above her tail on her back and I can see little new feathers poking out of her skin. I did not notice any feather loss, either in her appearance or on the ground, before this. I just noticed that her tail was bald. She is still laying eggs and seems healthy and happy, aside from the bald spot.
My Ameraucana: She was a steady daily layer and she has not layed an egg for three weeks now. Her feathers are all over the place on the ground but visually I can't see where she is molting from. She was a steady daily layer and she has not layed an egg for three weeks now. Aside from not laying eggs she she seems healthy and happy although a few weeks ago she had a limp for about three days but then it went away. She layed right through it and seems fine now.
Do you think they are just molting?
Thank you,
CJ
My Black Austrolorp: I read that they start molting at the neck and work their way down the back. She is bald right above her tail on her back and I can see little new feathers poking out of her skin. I did not notice any feather loss, either in her appearance or on the ground, before this. I just noticed that her tail was bald. She is still laying eggs and seems healthy and happy, aside from the bald spot.
My Ameraucana: She was a steady daily layer and she has not layed an egg for three weeks now. Her feathers are all over the place on the ground but visually I can't see where she is molting from. She was a steady daily layer and she has not layed an egg for three weeks now. Aside from not laying eggs she she seems healthy and happy although a few weeks ago she had a limp for about three days but then it went away. She layed right through it and seems fine now.
Do you think they are just molting?
Thank you,
CJ
