Ascholten
Free Ranging
Ok, I have a hen. She went through mold a few months ago... at least I thought... it wasn't too horrible but she did lose some feathers... you know... the usual thing... or is it??
This past week, well, she looks HORRIBLE !! She took off half way flying today. (Ok it's a ritual with them) I let the girls out, they come out of the 'hole' i make for them to come out of the coop, they poke around for a minute then they ALL flap their wings and while never quite leaving the ground, all run under the boat, flapping wildly but never really leaving the ground. Im thinking it's them exercising.
Anyways.... she took off today and it looked like someone got in a pillow fight and busted a feather pillow over their brothers head!! Feathers flying all over the place. She must have lost half her feathers in that pseudo flght! She looks horrible now. She's a golden comet but looks more like a garbage disposal survivor !@]
Health seems perfect, she eats with them, plenty of energy... however now she's .. 'don't touch me' now like the other one was in molt. so I am assuming this is molt... but she molted 2 months ago too....
can chickens have 2 molts right after another or molt in stages? Kind of confused what's going on here, was hoping she'd get back to egg laying here, but now... well yah, it's going to be another few weeks.
Is this kind of, sort of normal, or is something happening that I need to look into more?
Thanks
Aaron
This past week, well, she looks HORRIBLE !! She took off half way flying today. (Ok it's a ritual with them) I let the girls out, they come out of the 'hole' i make for them to come out of the coop, they poke around for a minute then they ALL flap their wings and while never quite leaving the ground, all run under the boat, flapping wildly but never really leaving the ground. Im thinking it's them exercising.
Anyways.... she took off today and it looked like someone got in a pillow fight and busted a feather pillow over their brothers head!! Feathers flying all over the place. She must have lost half her feathers in that pseudo flght! She looks horrible now. She's a golden comet but looks more like a garbage disposal survivor !@]
Health seems perfect, she eats with them, plenty of energy... however now she's .. 'don't touch me' now like the other one was in molt. so I am assuming this is molt... but she molted 2 months ago too....
can chickens have 2 molts right after another or molt in stages? Kind of confused what's going on here, was hoping she'd get back to egg laying here, but now... well yah, it's going to be another few weeks.
Is this kind of, sort of normal, or is something happening that I need to look into more?
Thanks
Aaron