Is this my hen molting?

[Sbr73]

First year with chickens! Yippee! I know the weather is changing but this girl has been looking a little funky. She has light grey frizzy feathers where her back and rump meet. You can see some skin and looks like pin feathers may be coming in. She’s was hatched in late April. She is the only one that looks like this out of 6. I checked her and I do not see any signs of injury. Pics attached. Hard to get good pics. TIA!

 

[sourland]

To me it looks as if she is being feather pecked/plucked.

 

[Sbr73]

Oh, I never see her getting plucked, she actually plucks at another hen that I have.

 

[All4Eggz]

Looks like it's from the roosters mounting her.

 

[Sbr73]

I am not allowed to have roosters.

 

[All4Eggz]

I am not allowed to have roosters.

Oh, my mistake. It must be from the other hens plucking at her, or a predator tried to scratch at her which made her lose a few feathers.

 

[All4Eggz]

Also, chickens usually do not molt in their first year of life. Usually they start molting the Autumn after they turn 1 year old.

 

[Blue Raptor]

First year with chickens! Yippee! I know the weather is changing but this girl has been looking a little funky. She has light grey frizzy feathers where her back and rump meet. You can see some skin and looks like pin feathers may be coming in. She’s was hatched in late April. She is the only one that looks like this out of 6. I checked her and I do not see any signs of injury. Pics attached. Hard to get good pics. TIA!

Check the feathers at the base of that area. If there are broken-off edges then she is being picked on.

 

[Sbr73]

Ok. I will also try to get a better picture too, this way it’s better to see the skin and what looks like pin feathers coming in. Maybe she wasn’t fully feathered? She is one of 2 bullies that pick on another but she isn’t missing feathers.

 

[Sbr73]

I have more photos, finally! Maybe she is getting picked on. She has a black mark this morning on her comb. I do not see any bugs. Any opinions? No roosters.