Quiz: Is Your Flock Ready for Molt Season?

[TheChickenGirl16]

Good to know. Having this as our first flock, and currently at 14 months old, we are looking at a potential molt in the dead of winter in the Mid Atlantic

Oh boy.
Well, I hope they pull through!
Just expect them to hang out in the coop quite a bit.
Something else I like to do, is make them wet food. But instead of using normal water, I like to use boiling. It seems to keep them warm,-especially since they can’t have much scratch.
Sometimes I’ve gone out and found the hens standing in it! But the funniest thing I saw, was one morning I went out and found my young pullets sleeping IN THE MASH!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Not having gone through a molt as of yet it’s the molt in the middle of winter that causes me to pause. Seems to put the chicken at risk of freezing.

They do pretty well, as long as they're eating.

 

[Rick589]

Oh boy.
Well, I hope they pull through!
Just expect them to hang out in the coop quite a bit.

Fortunately I’m in the process of building a much larger coop for them……nice and roomy

 

[Bsmac]

Oh boy.
Well, I hope they pull through!
Just expect them to hang out in the coop quite a bit.
Something else I like to do, is make them wet food. But instead of using normal water, I like to use boiling. It seems to keep them warm,-especially since they can’t have much scratch.
Sometimes I’ve gone out and found the hens standing in it! But the funniest thing I saw, was one morning I went out and found my young pullets sleeping IN THE MASH!

Hahaha! That`s a good one lol!

 

[sean_wonder]

10/10

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

My rooster has lost his tail so he looks funny walking around, but the new ones are growing in all over.

I like a hard molt, I know what it is, and they tend to grow back fast too. I have opened the coop to what looks like an explosion of feathers, I have thought that they have been killed, only to see them looking like they are next door to death without a feather on them.

Thing is - I have had them molt in August - January. Some start early and some start late.

Mrs K

Same! I have 9 hens and 1 starts in Aug. and all nine by Jan. This year my tribe of 5 are all starting to molt now. Think I'll do a batch of fermented feed to ensure they are getting the protein. They are not huge fans of peas i notice.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Same! I have 9 hens and 1 starts in Aug. and all nine by Jan. This year my tribe of 5 are all starting to molt now. Think I'll do a batch of fermented feed to ensure they are getting the protein. They are not huge fans of peas i notice.

Peas have protein, right?
Mine like sunflower seeds.