Is My Golden Comet Molting?

[The Dim Side]

Hi, all! Not sure if this is the right thread, but we don't know if our chicken is sick or molting. The other two Comets look fine, and she's always been a lighter shade, but now her neck is thinner, and she has white spots on her back.

The first picture is of her, and the other one shows a different Comet who looks healthier.

The first one seems to be healthy otherwise, active and eating, just more puffed up and standing on one foot like she's cold. I'm in PA, so the weather is getting colder and some snow here and there.

If she is molting, should we separate here and house her in a warmer area till her feathers grow back? If it isn't a molt, what could be wrong with her?

Thanks!

 

[DobieLover]

Hi, all! Not sure if this is the right thread, but we don't know if our chicken is sick or molting. The other two Comets look fine, and she's always been a lighter shade, but now her neck is thinner, and she has white spots on her back.

The first picture is of her, and the other one shows a different Comet who looks healthier.

The first one seems to be healthy otherwise, active and eating, just more puffed up and standing on one foot like she's cold. I'm in PA, so the weather is getting colder and some snow here and there.

If she is molting, should we separate here and house her in a warmer area till her feathers grow back? If it isn't a molt, what could be wrong with her?

Thanks!

How old is she?
She's molting. You can see the pin feathers coming in.
Don't separate her and don't bring her inside. She's fine.
I like to give my flock sardines during their molt. You can give her a sardine about every 3 days or so. If she's never had one, she may just stop and stare at it before sampling it. Sardines are the number one most favorite food supplement I offer. They only get them during the molt.

 

[The Dim Side]

How old is she?
She's molting. You can see the pin feathers coming in.
Don't separate her and don't bring her inside. She's fine.
I like to give my flock sardines during their molt. You can give her a sardine about every 3 days or so. If she's never had one, she may just stop and stare at it before sampling it. Sardines are the number one most favorite food supplement I offer. They only get them during the molt.

She's about 8 months old! They've never gotten sardines before, so that's definitely something new! I was mainly surprised that only she seems to be molting compared to the others, since they're all the same age.

But she'll be warm enough even in the colder weather/snow without all her feathers in tact? They do huddle up together at night, too. And we'll be moving them into the barn once we finish winterizing it (right now they live in a mobile coop in a fenced in area), so hopefully that helps them in the winter, too.