Is she going through a mild molt? If the molt is not that hard, she could lay. They usually need the protein stores to grow in new feathers. Also, how old is she?
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Thanks Happy Chooks ...Is she going through a mild molt? If the molt is not that hard, she could lay. They usually need the protein stores to grow in new feathers. Also, how old is she?
Thanks for your answer faykokoWV. I have posted a reply to Happy Chooks above here - and it answers what she asked, and addresses what you have said here. I sure do hope though that my Wellie, Mandy - is not in for a long moult. Mother Nature sure jiggered all that up - having birds moult in the cold to coldest times of the year ??? poor wee souls.Some birds molt, dumping all the feathers at once. My Wellies tend to do a slow long molt, looking a little raggedy for almost a month before they stop. Mine usually don't lay while in molt, but I'm sure it happens.
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