What age is she? She is molting..

[Sue1137]

8 got a nice americaunas from a friend of a friend.i thought it was roughly 15 weeks old, but now 5 weeks later she is molting (losing all the feathers). I am shocked.she has never laid a egg during the 5 to 6 weeks that I had her.. NOW I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT AGE SHE IS OR IF SHE WILL EVER LAY A EGG AGAIN

 

[hdowden]

any pics and you sure shes molting and its not mites or lice?

 

[Sue1137]

I'll try to post a pic later. I have 4 hens and 6 pollets and they seem to be fine.

 

[hdowden]

still a good idea to check them over its my parents that have lost feathers out of my 18 they all seem fine but they have mites/lice on them and i would have never known until they started dying on me (even if then) but thankfully after seeing them on my parents i checked mine and sure enough there they were creepy very very small bugs white and red ewwwww

 

[En Plein Air Farms]

they loose their chick fluff and get feathers, then they loose their teenage feathers as they approach their adult body size.
Mine are 15-16 weeks now and there are feathers EVERYWHERE

But do check their skin