Skipped their annual molt

[MixedFlock23]

Some birds molt hard. Once I had a leghorn that molted seemingly like overnight, it looked like something had been killed in the coop, white feathers every where - she was nearly naked - feathers grew back record time.

This year, I have some old white bird...the only white bird, and every day there are more white feathers - but she does not seem to have any bald spots, She HAS to have some gone somewhere - but slowly new feathers are showing up. It has been going on for weeks.

They all molt differently, I am just glad when they are done.

Mrs K

True, I've just never had birds completely skip a molt (or pause in a molt for an entire year).
Now I know this can be normal in one year old birds, maybe more so in high production birds like my sex links.

 

[MixedFlock23]

Final update:
Moana & Tiana completed their molts! They looked half naked/bald, dirty, & ugly in my opinion for over a year!! But finally, they are shiny, beautiful, & completely feathered again like back in summer of 2020. Today’s photos attached. Moana has more coppery feathers; Tiana has less red. (Excuse the mud, lots of rain last weekend—3”!!)