Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

My rooster seems to be acting strangely. The weather changing may have something to do with it. But I don’t know.
@Ponypoor , do you notice if Mr. P is acting normal, or is he acting strange too?
I have Jaffar under close surveillance today. He’s inside the house eating at the moment.

 

[featherhead007]

It’s strange for him to stay away from his ladies, but he’s been on opposite sides of the yard. (Lovers spat maybe?)

 

[featherhead007]

Three of the Rocks are on molt duty, and are irritable . Feathers everywhere.

 

[bgmathteach]

My rooster seems to be acting strangely. The weather changing may have something to do with it. But I don’t know.
@Ponypoor , do you notice if Mr. P is acting normal, or is he acting strange too?
I have Jaffar under close surveillance today. He’s inside the house eating at the moment.

Can you be more specific about his strange behavior?

Is he molting?

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

My rooster seems to be acting strangely. The weather changing may have something to do with it. But I don’t know.
@Ponypoor , do you notice if Mr. P is acting normal, or is he acting strange too?
I have Jaffar under close surveillance today. He’s inside the house eating at the moment.

Something similar happening to me. Ijak seems to be more spaced out today, I notice. He seems to be in his own corner, pecking at literally everything.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Something similar happening to me. Ijak seems to be more spaced out today, I notice. He seems to be in his own corner, pecking at literally everything.

And I don't know if it's just me, or are his feathers growing more and more sparce?

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

My rooster seems to be acting strangely. The weather changing may have something to do with it. But I don’t know.
@Ponypoor , do you notice if Mr. P is acting normal, or is he acting strange too?
I have Jaffar under close surveillance today. He’s inside the house eating at the moment.

Could be a Fall Molt, is he molting?

 

[bgmathteach]

Something similar happening to me. Ijak seems to be more spaced out today, I notice. He seems to be in his own corner, pecking at literally everything.

Is he molting? When they molt - especially if is ISN'T really slow - they want to avoid contact and are miserable - so they tend to avoid others and can be irritable. Hens absolutely do this, and Some of my roos do this as well - again, especially when they are molting in the abdomen and sides where they tend to rub and the pins irritate them.

My hens frequently will hide in a nest box or be off by themselves with back pins, too, to avoid mating. For some reason, it seems chickens are molting earlier this year - and most of mine are molting HARD. (versus late Nov & December the past few years, and Sept - October for many years before - with straggles/consistently hard molters late Oct. or Nov.) This year, my early molters started in August!

I am wondering if we are in for a herd winter - or if the wonky weather and lots of rain (i.e. less sun than usual) is prompting the early molt?????

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Is he molting? When they molt - especially if is ISN'T really slow - they want to avoid contact and are miserable - so they tend to avoid others and can be irritable. Hens absolutely do this, and Some of my roos do this as well - again, especially when they are molting in the abdomen and sides where they tend to rub and the pins irritate them.

My hens frequently will hide in a nest box or be off by themselves with back pins, too, to avoid mating. For some reason, it seems chickens are molting earlier this year - and most of mine are molting HARD. (versus late Nov & December the past few years, and Sept - October for many years before - with straggles/consistently hard molters late Oct. or Nov.) This year, my early molters started in August!

I am wondering if we are in for a herd winter - or if the wonky weather and lots of rain (i.e. less sun than usual) is prompting the early molt?????

I really don't know!
Ijak has less feathers around his neck, but he does not have a bare neck. Also his tail seems to be losing feathers too.

 

[featherhead007]

Can you be more specific about his strange behavior?

Is he molting?

Yes, he’s molting too. But he loses feathers and replaces them with new ones without looking naked.