- Oct 14, 2012
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Hello. New chicken owner here. This is my first winter with my girls. I have a Wyandotte (her name is Louise) and I don't know.. my mystery chicken I guess. Couple different people have given me different answer's to what type of breed she is. So I really don't know. The mystery chicken is named Thelma (She is my pic).
So anyhow...after reading quite a bit through the forums here I have come to the conclusion that Thelma is molting. This is about week 7 since she has laid an egg. Around about week 4 to 5 I opened up the house one morning and there were feathers everywhere. Now at week 7 she is really starting to look rough. Her comb is also shriveled up compared to Louise (the Wyandotte) who is still laying every other day and hasn't lost a feather.
I guess I am concerned because I was under the impression from reading the posts in the forum's that their first molt would not be a hard molt. She is just shy of a year old. I clicked on the link below and that is very similar to what my Thelma is going through right now only she is a little bit worse than the one pictured.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/580915/for-the-new-folks-that-havent-experienced-a-molt-yet
Should I be concerned? I rather ask than just go on assuming. Thank you for your time
So anyhow...after reading quite a bit through the forums here I have come to the conclusion that Thelma is molting. This is about week 7 since she has laid an egg. Around about week 4 to 5 I opened up the house one morning and there were feathers everywhere. Now at week 7 she is really starting to look rough. Her comb is also shriveled up compared to Louise (the Wyandotte) who is still laying every other day and hasn't lost a feather.
I guess I am concerned because I was under the impression from reading the posts in the forum's that their first molt would not be a hard molt. She is just shy of a year old. I clicked on the link below and that is very similar to what my Thelma is going through right now only she is a little bit worse than the one pictured.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/580915/for-the-new-folks-that-havent-experienced-a-molt-yet
Should I be concerned? I rather ask than just go on assuming. Thank you for your time
