Molting in January?

[pontoosuc]

My goodness your buttercup look awful!! Just like mine

What are they thinking?? It's going to be in the single digits here this weekend.

 

[mstricer]

I have a couple girls still molting, 2 are in a hard molt. I noticed if I give more BOSS they come out of it sooner. Just my observation on my birds. Their feathers seem to grow back faster. They still eat their feed.

 

[KimM]

I've got three molting (an EE, Speckled Sussex, and a White Rock)- 9 months old. In January, in New England! But they already have the new quill feathers coming in, so hopefully it will be pretty quick for them.

 

[cleoandtheo]

two of mine are moulting now too. It seems so against nature to do this in the middle of winter, don't you think?

 

[birdog]

My cinnamon queen (Sesame, 22months old) just started a hard molt 2 days ago. I could tell she needed it for a while; raggedy feathers but not too bad. I thought she would go in November like my brown leghorn. Funny thing is she has never really gone through what I would describe as an obvious molt. A few feathers here and there but this time is the real deal! Looks like a pillow fight in the coop. Rotten timing as the weather in Chicago has been hovering around zero and isn't expected to get above freezing any time soon. my only worry is if temps go negative again and she's half naked. Nice to hear it's not uncommon.

 

[birdog]

Oh and also, mstricer, what is "more BOSS" ?

 

[birdog]

ok, wow! I just realized this thread is from 2011. LOL

 

[Exopoulterer]

ok, wow! I just realized this thread is from 2011. LOL

Well, it is necroed now but it got me interested because I have a bird going through a molt due to stress/illness.

At least we don't get as cold here but it is still unseasonably cold coming for Florida. It worries me that they would be molting on top of the other issues and the weather being weird. My setup didn't have any of this in mind.

I might not have seen this thread or the subject if you didnt bump it and it doesn't seem to make sense for them to molt when it is so cold. Poor birds.

Edit: I think BOSS are Black Oil Sunflower Seeds.