Post Pics Of Your Chicken With Worst Molt

[Chicken Girl]

Mine are going though the molt thing right now. It ant cool! lol They dont look to bad but they have stoped laying. How long does it take?

Thanks,
Chicken Girl

 

[EweSheep]

Here is my poor Spring.........

She is UGGGLLLLYY!

 

[Darlasmum]

OMGosh I am so glad I looked at this thread. My girls are only 5 mo old- so guess I will see this next year...and now will recognize molt and not some horrible feather/skin disease (

). Thanks for saving me in advance from scouring the emergency blogs and worrying over nothing. Poor babes- they all look so itchy.

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

So funny, I purposely took pics today to post to show newbies what a good moult looks like. Then I saw this posting. Gets pretty scarey looking sometimes.

 

[solarquail]

When do they go into molt? when its winter? and about what age do they do it?

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Usually in the fall just before cold sets in. I have heard it explained to me as they get their new nice feathers just before the cold weather when they need it most. Makes sense to me. Mine went into their first molt around 1 yr old, but it depends on when they were born. My oldest 6 were born in October, and they started to molt between Sept and Dec of the following year. My youngest ones were born this past March and April and none are molting as of yet and honestly, I don't expect them to molt this year since they are pretty young still (but we'll see).

 

[Bec]

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I don't know why this picture out of all of them here, for some reason, gives me the urge to feel those pin feathers! When I look at this one, I think "That must be uncomfortable!"

Poor little thing!!

 

[wildorchid053]

oh my, these pictures are hillarious.. i am glad you showed them to us newbies.. my parrot molts but nothing like these chickens. that one of the picture before.. then after had me laughing out loud..what do you do if it gets cold before they have their new feathers in? some are really bald poor things.. do the hens molt harder than the roos?

 

[myhensanme]

Here is my poor Miss Paula. One was taken last summer when she was about 6 months old and here's what she looks like today, poor thing!

 

[myhensanme]

...and here's 2 more taken today.