Molting in New England

[Egghead_Jr]

Hey all you northern climate chooks. We've had our birds for a year now and are raising up a new flock. I was wondering when you have noticed month/s of molt here? I asked a friend if he remembered from when he had chickens and all he could say was when it gets hot. Trying to determine when we'll be getting rid of the older girls. If sooner or later, I'd not want to pass them on to someone during their molt then again I don't really want to feed them through molt to then get rid of them. Would you say August in northern climate is typical start of molt? or mid July?

 

[stonykill]

my RIR's molt from late August until October easily. Your results may vary......

 

[hinkjc]

Chickens don't moult based on climate, it is based on age and their production cycle. Some will moult in fall and others in spring. In my experience, it is more typical in fall when sunlight is declining which tells them to put their lay cycle to rest.