Molting Question

[gsim]

Have 4 breeds, 24 pullets, now 16 weeks. They are molting, but none look bad like I hear stories of. Is it because they are so young? I do give them fresh daily organic stuff from our garden from when they were only 1 week old. (Still have some tomatoes and lots of peppers due to deliberate overplanting.)

 

[Lollipop]

At 16 weeks, moulting should not be the issue. Chickens moult after the first year of their lives. It is the right time of year, but if they are losing feathers, I would look for other reasons. At this age they don`t even have their mature plumage in yet.......Pop

 

[sonew123]

I was thinking the same as pops... 16 weeks is way to early to be moulting? I have some that are moulting but they are approaching 1 yrs old. Id look for lice/mites etc-look by their vents and make sure there's no creepy crawlies roaming about-then searchign teh rest of them-they haven't even laid an egg yet... Hope all is well with them and it's just a flooky thing?