molting

[oldhenlikesdogs]

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So the topp and bottom pics are the hen that is molting now. Seems I dont have a recent pic of here before she started molting so the two middle ones are her daughter and they were Identical before the molt started.

She is only partially molted. I have a few that look very white currently but will darken after their feathers all grow in. I think yours will too.

 

[lolli1103]

I've had juveniles have slight change. One of my black copper marans lost her copper neck feathers after her first molt. I also had a friend who mixed breed chicken ended up with a rumpless look after the first molt. The tail feathers grew back very short and had a soft curl. A few of my jersey giants will have a silvery sheen when feathers first come in and spread. After a few days they have black feathers.

Kept this girl because I loved her color and pattern. It I thought was going to be her permanent color and her daughter looked just like her so I was so excited about that. Now I am breeding her daughter and don't know if next year when she molts if she will do the same thing as her mother.

 

[Cryss]

I'm betting she returns to normal coloring after she finishes her molt.

 

[drumstick diva]

Sometimes I wish my snow white hair would molt out and be brown with henna highlights like it once was

 

[Cryss]

Sometimes I wish my snow white hair would molt out and be brown with henna highlights like it once was

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sometimes I wish my snow white hair would molt out and be brown with henna highlights like it once was

 

[BY Bob]

I have a black copper maran that gets more copper each time she molts. It is migrating down her neck and across her back. This last time the copper reached her wings. It's been something. I keep meaning to go get photos from 5, 6 years ago and compare them to now to see how much the change has been.

 

[drumstick diva]

I should NOT have said that. Today the dermatologist agreed that I am loosing my hair, maybe alopecia or thyroid or ???? I was molting since summer and couldn't remember ever doing that before.

 

[drumstick diva]

plus a few black hairs are popping up. I have never had black hair, so what goes on???

 

[BY Bob]

plus a few black hairs are popping up. I have never had black hair, so what goes on???

Human molting cycle? New hairs a different color like new feathers? Maybe they will grey as they grow longer?

I got nothing.......