If your finding feathers

[pattee]

On the coop and run does that mean they are molting? No feathers missing one any of the girls... And if they are molting does that mean they will lay eggs soon?

I'm keeping all the feathers... Just like I kept my son's baby teeth.

 

[ChickenToes]

I think they sometimes lose feathers naturally. If they're pecking at each other or molting then you'll really notice feathers lying around.

 

[Suess hens]

I get feathers every so often, but I just figured it was the smaller ones coming out as the new bigger ones come in....kind of like our hair, well sorta

 

[Tuffoldhen]

If a hard molt in adult hens, they will stop laying for a few months...

 

[GRAM49]

I am finding lots of soft downey feathers (15 weeks old) in the cormer of the pen where they spend most of the day lounging around. They are not pecking themselves or each other, but I am concerned too about the feather loss. I hope it is normal.

 

[FLchook]

I always find feathers around. They dont go anywhere, so they will just accumulate.

 

[SpottedCrow]

The chicks will go through 3 moults in their first year.
The first is down to real feathers.
The next is to "teenaged" feathers which might be what you're seeing now...
and the last one is when they'll get their adult coloured feathers.