I have three hens and one of them is losing feathers like crazy. It looks like someone shredded a feather pillow in their run!! Seriously, there are feathers EVERYWHERE!!! Anyhow I think this is the wrong time for molting? Is this normal? If not, what could it be?
Fall and early winter is when they usually molt. There are also mini-molts that occur for pullets. What's funny is that eventually the field mice gather up the feathers and make nests with them, so I never have to clean them up. We have a field next to the pen.
