Feather Fixer ~ Good for molting hen(s)?

[HuffleClaw]

I have an old Blue Orp hen, Big Heifer (BH), who is molting. She’s molting pretty heavily and has been for a while (at least 2 months). I’m pretty sure she’s molting, and I’ve checked for mites, parasites, etc.

Would it be helpful to purchase some “Feather Fixer” for her? She’s pretty old and getting thin, I suspect she needs a higher protein feed.


Her diet-
She free ranges for a *minimum* 3 hours, about 4 days a week.

Layer feed

A bit of scratch feed (every now and then, I know it’s used for treats).
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And if the Feather Fixer won’t be helpful, anything else that will?

*i’ll get some pictures soon*


~HuffleClaw~

 

[Woytgirl]

I’d use it.

 

[cmom]

I use Game Bird breeder feed, 20% protein. My birds are molting too. Some are going through heavy molts and some light molts. My egg production has dropped off significantly but I'm still getting some eggs mostly from my Leghorns and Rhode Island Whites.

 

[Folly's place]

I use Flock Raiser instead. It looked better, and less expensive, with oyster shell offered separately, for all my birds, molting or not. Make sure that you get fresh feed according to the mill date on each bag, whatever you feed.
Feather Fixer looks better than a layer diet anyway.
Mary

 

[HuffleClaw]

Pictures: (I forgot to say her exact age, she is approximately 4-5 years old):

 

[Folly's place]

Molting can be so ugly and dramatic! Poor girl!
Make sure there aren't any mites or lice adding to her issues.
Mary

 

[HuffleClaw]

Molting can be so ugly and dramatic! Poor girl!
Make sure there aren't any mites or lice adding to her issues.
Mary

I checked for lice, mites, etc. I didn’t see any. I feel so bad for her.

 

[cmom]

Often times you might not see the mites during the day but may see the mites at night because often they come out at night to feed on the birds. I have a head light I wear out to the coops at night to see if I see any mites on them.

 

[Matieus27]

Pictures: (I forgot to say her exact age, she is approximately 4-5 years old):
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Poor girl

 

[cmom]

This past summer I had mites for the first time. I don't know how the birds got them and luckily the mites were only in one coop but I sprayed all the coops as a preventative.