Molting now? In November?

[fmernyer]

So my 1 year old plus amber link is molting. I'm pretty sure the red sex links are molting, too - but not as drastically. The amber link is losing feathers like crazy - it looks like they were having a pillow fight in the coop - and she's now got all these pin feathers. I'm inclined to stick with 'molting' because of the presence of the pin feathers...but I have to ask - IS she molting? She doesn't have any other appearance of illness - but it seems like a pretty bad time to molt. Its November in New England. It's pretty darn cold. Is there anything I can be doing for her?

Thanks, as always!

~Dawn

 

[BorneHomestead]

it is possible, and I only say that because my 14 month olds are going through a hard molt too. normally they wait until 16-18 months of age to start their annual molt but this year seems to be much colder than previous years which I think as a lot to do with it.

 

[fmernyer]

Whew! Thank you!

 

[aart]

I wonder if the late molt has anything to do with the rather warm fall weather we had?

 

[fmernyer]

Good question. It was warm pretty late in the year and turned rather cold rather suddenly. That's why I'm worried for her - poor thing actually LOOKS cold - lol. I set up boxes in the run for her to get shelter from the wind...