is it normal for chickens to go through molt this time of year?

[Beekissed]

Mine are all in moult, with the exception of a new pullet. That leaves me 28 layers and I am currently getting 15-18 eggs per day. They are big eggs!

 

[chickenlady08]

I wonder if some of mine have been molting or if it was from this totally agressive RIR I used to have. My Momma that hatched out 3 babies has grown her feathers back but the other ones haven't. It does look like they are starting to, but some sure do look worse than others.

 

[Keptewe]

About half of my 22 hens are moulting right now. They are still laying but at a slower rate. Mostly they just look like Sunday dinner running around the yard! lol

 

[scooter147]

Mine have started.
It seems a little early to me, been doing this for 40+ years and it seems mid October is more normal here.
I think it's gonna be an early fall and winter. I have trees turning and several of my ornamental plants have finished their life cycle which usually ran to the end of October.
It's been a strange year, we really have not a much of a summer here in Eastern Missouri.

 

[gsim]

I have a buff comet hen and her tailfeathers are all skewed, kinda like a splayed-out featherduster. She looks as if she just got a huge electric shock. None of mine have started laying yet at only 13 weeks, but they really seem big for only 13 weeks.