Hi all,
I have a hen something along the lines of a wayandotte/sussex cross that has been laying for around three months. the weather has just started getting cooler here, down from the 30+ daytime (celcius) temps of summer (mind 20's at night), to low 20's during the day and around 10 deg at night. I have four other hens, one is laying but has slowed down, and two that are point of lay. The white one is the only one moulting - is it normal for them to moult so young and so soon into starting laying?? She has been a good layer since she started as well. She is still acting normally and eating well.
Here is a photo of her, she only has two tail feathers left - the rest are in the floor of the coop, along with a large mound of white feathers!
Before moult (she always had a messy tail as she was pecked at by other chooks before I got her
Now
I have a hen something along the lines of a wayandotte/sussex cross that has been laying for around three months. the weather has just started getting cooler here, down from the 30+ daytime (celcius) temps of summer (mind 20's at night), to low 20's during the day and around 10 deg at night. I have four other hens, one is laying but has slowed down, and two that are point of lay. The white one is the only one moulting - is it normal for them to moult so young and so soon into starting laying?? She has been a good layer since she started as well. She is still acting normally and eating well.
Here is a photo of her, she only has two tail feathers left - the rest are in the floor of the coop, along with a large mound of white feathers!
Before moult (she always had a messy tail as she was pecked at by other chooks before I got her
Now
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