Do Isa Browns molt?

[Samblast]

Do Isa brown’s molt?

 

[nuthatched]

Yes, all birds molt.

 

[Weeg]

They molt like any other chicken would. All birds and poultry molt. Why are you wondering?

 

[Samblast]

I have 9 total hens, my 1 RIR, 3 barred rocks, and 2 EE have all molted and 1 of my Isa browns has Sorta molted(stopped laying for a few weeks) The other 2 Isa browns haven’t molted and have been laying through the others molts. Now everyone else is done molting and are laying again but I haven’t seen anything from those 2 hens in terms of molting.

 

[Weeg]

I have 9 total hens, my 1 RIR, 3 barred rocks, and 2 EE have all molted and 1 of my Isa browns has Sorta molted(stopped laying for a few weeks) The other 2 Isa browns haven’t molted and have been laying through the others molts. Now everyone else is done molting and are laying again but I haven’t seen anything from those 2 hens in terms of molting.

My hens don't molt to the point were you really notice it every year. They just had a pretty noticeable molt this year, but not bad. Some hens just molt a few tail feathers, or wing feathers some years in my experience. My Isa browns never had hard molts either.

 

[Aapomp831]

You probably just didn’t notice. Some chickens end up looking like skeletons, others lose their feathers in patches and some lose their feathers a few at a time, to the point where you wouldn’t even notice the molt. I have 35 chickens and the variety is amazing - I still have some starting to molt right now in January.

 

[DobieLover]

I have 9 total hens, my 1 RIR, 3 barred rocks, and 2 EE have all molted and 1 of my Isa browns has Sorta molted(stopped laying for a few weeks) The other 2 Isa browns haven’t molted and have been laying through the others molts. Now everyone else is done molting and are laying again but I haven’t seen anything from those 2 hens in terms of molting.

All chickens molt but not all chickens molt EVERY YEAR.
I have had multiple birds that never during a season. By the time the second year ended wearing the same feathers they looked TERRIBLE! One hen, a White Rock, was so bad that I sold her to keep her away from my rooster as she was a favorite. Her back was bare from the nape of her neck to her tail head.
My second WLH also didn't molt and looked awful. She finally molted this last fall and looks like a different bird.
Sadly, I've got the daughter of another WLH that only did a small partial molt so her back looks terrible and will for the coming year as well as a SLW. At least some of the back feathers molted so they aren't totally bare.