Feathers in coop

[NH_Chicks_And_Guineas]

Hi all,

I'm finding a lot of feathers in my coop. Is this normal or are my chickens/Guineas fighting. They are all same age 9 weeks.

 

[noregerts]

That looks pretty normal for 9 weeks. They are still losing their baby fuzz and getting their adult feathers.

 

[DobieLover]

Hi all,

I'm finding a lot of feathers in my coop. Is this normal or are my chickens/Guineas fighting. They are all same age 9 weeks.

They are going through a juvenile molt. Normal.

 

[chrissynemetz]

It's normal, nothing to worry about
Mine looks like someone is engaged in a perpetual pillow fight.... feathers everywhere

 

[Cindy in PA]

My group is 15 weeks old, but starting about 2 weeks ago they started a juvenile molt. So many feathers around that I thought one was attacked! I don't always see so many feathers. They all look normal, but there are feathers everywhere!

 

[ZooAtHome]

My flock is about 16 weeks now. Every night, I do a head count to figure out which chicken exploded in the run that day, creating all the new feathers. So far, they've all still been there and none of them are naked. I swear though, they seem to molt every other week. (Probably not really that often, but it sure feels that way.)

I bet I could create an entire new chicken out of all those freaking feathers. But with my luck, it would probably turn out to be another cockerel.