Molting or stress or...?

[goodwiab]

Hello!

I have eight girls, six of which I got this past April as chicks. The oldest (5-Year-Old Leghorn )went through a hard molt as she does every year in the fall, but she is still not recovered from it and over the last couple weeks suddenly has pin feathers all by her head on top (last pictured white leghorn). My second oldest went through a slow molt and still has a ton of pinn feathers on her head as well (first picture of the black) and thirdly, pictured is one of my new girls (I believe a barnevelder) who overnight has lost a ton of neck feathers. Her sister also has some feather issues. One of my lavender orpingtons also looks like she's getting some feather loss around the neck. I guess my question is-what is this? I have inspected each one and can find no evidence of mites or lice. I have another lavender orpington- it seems fine, and two gold laced wyandottes that seem perfectly fine. Any help or recommendations is greatly appreciated as we're about to leave for a week and I want to make sure I get them any help they need.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Not sure where you are located, but that looks like normal molting. I sometimes see neck only molts in early spring here.

 

[goodwiab]

Not sure where you are located, but that looks like normal molting. I sometimes see neck only molts in early spring here.

Located in Richmond, VA. Thank you!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Located in Richmond, VA. Thank you!

I still have some here still finishing their molts here in Wisconsin.

 

[WhtRos2]

Located in Richmond, VA. Thank you!

I live in Illinois, Rock Island, due west of Chicago on the Mississippi River. 2 weeks ago one of my chickens started to molt in spite of the cold weather. She looks awful. Weather has warmed up quite a bit so I'm not so worried about her now. She looks awful, of course. I've never heard of chickens molting in Spring. Is this unusual?