Is this Molting?!

[MiBirds]

Hey guys! I went into my coop yesterday and one of my hen’s feathers are all over the coop! She has patches of feathers missing on her neck, back, both wings, and her tail. I picked her up and I can see that the feathers weren’t ripped out by anything and they’re just falling out. When I carried her around there left a trail of feathers. I attached photos. I looked it up and I think it’s annual molting, but I’ve never seen it like this before haha wow. One weird thing though is that she’s the only one it’s happening to. She is also my oldest chicken, being six years old. Maybe this means she’s healthy?

 

[Ridgerunner]

These links may help you. The first one is a pretty good write-up on molting, shame they don;t have photos to demonstrate.

Miss St Molting Patterns

http://extension.msstate.edu/content/molting-laying-hens

This is an old thread so a lot of the photos are mo longer available. Some still work. These are going to be the fast molters described in that MSU article.

Molting Contest

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=394556

Yes, yours is molting.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like molting to me. I see new growth coming in.
Chickens are individuals, so they won't molt at the same time.
I have some that molted almost a month ago and now I have a few that are just now starting.

 

[aart]

This is an old thread so a lot of the photos are mo longer available. Some still work. These are going to be the fast molters described in that MSU article.
Molting Contest
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=394556

Here's the newest 'contest':
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...st-your-best-worst-chicken-molt-pics.1269409/

Some go slow, some go BOOM!!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here's the newest 'contest':
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...st-your-best-worst-chicken-molt-pics.1269409/

Some go slow, some go BOOM!!

Thanks, I've replaced the saved link.