Chicken Molting AGAIN? is this normal?

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

hey yall! i have a 19 month old cinnamon queen hen that already molted about 1.5 months ago… she’s molting again? Is this normal? This is my first molting season so i don’t really know much about it.

 

[debid]

Examine her for signs of mites. Without seeing her, it's a guess what might be causing feather loss.

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Examine her for signs of mites. Without seeing her, it's a guess what might be causing feather loss.

 

[debid]

Well, that does look like a normal molt. Was she losing good sized patches in different areas before? I'm thinking maybe she's "still molting" rather than "molting again". It takes a while and this is likely her first adult molt. She will look rough for quite a while.

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Well, that does look like a normal molt. Was she losing good sized patches in different areas before? I'm thinking maybe she's "still molting" rather than "molting again". It takes a while and this is likely her first adult molt. She will look rough for quite a while.

I had her separated from the flock and she had lost a lot of feathers… it’s definitely a lot more feathers loss this time than compared to the first time.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

If she looks otherwise healthy I wouldn’t worry As Debid pointed out, molting can take quite a while. There shouldn’t be any reason to separate her from the flock unless they’re picking out her new feathers, which I know can happen.