Is this moulting?

[beany_bot]

Sorry for probably silly question. But it's my first autumn with hens! Is this normal moulting? She looks mad! My other BO doesn't look like this.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

That's... molting!

Now you can enter her into this contest if you want to:
Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

 

[Mrs. K]

They look like they have partied hard all night, and are what the cat drug home! In a couple of weeks - she will look like she has brand new clothes!

And they all do it on their own clock. Some do it fast, and some do it slow.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Molting, and amp up her protein! Ground beef, sardines, scrambled eggs, (shh) cooked chicken or turkey. This often helps chickens through their molt faster.

 

[beany_bot]

Molting, and amp up her protein! Ground beef, sardines, scrambled eggs, (shh) cooked chicken or turkey. This often helps chickens through their molt faster.

Cooked chicken!!

I'm not comfortable doing that. Bad things happen when species eat their own.

I'll up her protein though

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Cooked chicken!!

I'm not comfortable doing that. Bad things happen when species eat their own.

I'll up her protein though

I agree on cooked chicken, but plenty of people do it. One of the things I offer to my birds is deer rib cage. They absolutely go crazy for those. My warnings on that are make sure the weather is cold enough for it not to spoil before they can eat it all, and it will call predators if you're in a high predator area.