Chicken molting

[TwentyOneChickens]

hiya, I’m confused to why my hen, Runner, is molting.
I’ve had my 12 chickies for about 15 months, and they are Red Sexlinks. Only one of them (Henrietta) has molted before and that was because she was broody.

Runner is molting and the other chickens aren’t, it isn’t molting season, and she hasn’t been broody.

What could be causing this?

P.S. I feel like I should add that she had tiny spurs on her legs, about a quarter of an inch.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have seen some start molting by the end of July. A true molt will include wing and tail feathers. Some birds begin to lose feathers before the full on molt starts.

 

[TwentyOneChickens]

I have seen some start molting by the end of July. A true molt will include wing and tail feathers. Some birds begin to lose feathers before the full on molt starts.

True - she may not be fully molting. When Henrietta was molting, feathers would fall out upon the touch. It isn’t the same with Runner.

 

[aart]

Solstice has passed, the day length is decreasing,
not enough for most of us to notice but the birds do.
I've started seeing few feathers, egg production has dipped a tad.
Not all birds molt at the same rate or at the same time of year.
My cockbird usually is the first to molt, in early August,
and have had a few hens not molt until December.