molting

It's been months of trying and failing, but I FINALLY got a Sebastopol, and will be getting 2 more in the next month or so! :celebrateSpring babies here I come. My new goose is approximately 3, has a thick neck, gorgeous domed head, and so far seems like the sweetest girl (I was worried getting...

I have 5 black australorp hens, 2 Isa Brown hens, 1 white leghorn hen, and 1 amberlinks hen in my flock. 4 of my black australorp hens are missing feathers on their necks and butt area. It's been several months and I can start to see new feathers coming in, but do you think this is feather...

I have a buff Orpington hen who molted last fall, she didn't go through a hard molt at all just lost a few butt feathers, here we are months later and those feathers have not grown back and her skin is really red back there? Any suggestions or answers? Could it possibly be another hen plucking...

I have a sweet Ameraucana that was given to me last year. Over the past week-which has been hot-she has begun to lose feathers so I just assumed she’s molting. But she’s been hanging out by herself a lot in the yard and in the hen house. When she does come when I call, she’s lagging behind and...

Hey chicken keeping community! I am popping on her to ask some advice on my ugly hens... Lately my flock has been quite raggedy looking, broken feather, missing feathers, dirty feathers; this is mostly just a feather issue. I have 4 different pens all varying in ages: one maybe 3 years old...

Can a chicken go Broody when they are molting? I know they can’t lay when they are molting but can they go Broody?

I have two Gosling that are roughly four weeks old I believe. One of them has spots that seem to be different than the other and I'm not sure if it is normal or cause for concern.

The feathers right below my Rouen’s eye are turning brown like they were before he turned green. He’s about 8 months old. Is he molting?

I’m not sure if they are coming out of molt or if there’s something else to be concerned about like depluming mites. I’ve relocated 7 hens, about 15-18 months and one about 2 1/2 years. They have some bald patches I’m not sure about. I’m treating the older one with ivermectin for SLM and dealing...

I have 12 chickens and my 2 Golden Buffs have been looking a bit rough this spring. I figured they were just going through a molting stage (they are about 18 months old). However, upon further investigation, I noticed their breast bone area is very bare and reddish. The reddish are could be just...

Hello, I'm wondering if someone might be able to help me figure out why one of my chickens is under the weather. She's a bantam silkie who seems to be going through a pretty big molt - she is in the regrowth process now. About three weeks ago (around the time she began molting), she stopped...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) : toulouse goose, 11 months old and i dont know the weight nor do i have any other goose to compare her to. 2) What is the behavior, exactly: the goose lost her feathers around the...

We have an older Barred Rock hen who is the leader of our flock (we think she's around 4 years old). She molted quite a bit in late October, but in the last couple of days, it seems like she's molting again. We had a mild winter until the first week of February. That's when the temps went...

So I have this hen, shes a 4 year old buff orpington, that has been almost bald of feathers for more than a year. Two years ago I had a couple of aggressive roosters, and only 7 hens, which is when the feather loss started. I bought the girls "jackets", to protect from the roosters, but most of...

Hi there. I haven’t stopped by for awhile but I have a question. Gladys is an almost seven year old Peking pet. She seems very healthy and is very happy. She molted for a few weeks in Nov/Dec. Over the last two weeks she’s at it again and it seems excessive even though she still looks fluffy...

I had no idea I was causing damage to my flock by giving them too much protein. Dehydrated grubs, (black soldier fly larve) can be ordered in bulk which I did. I threw out about a cup of bugs to my flock of 10 adult large breed chickens. I figured it's cold and they have been molting so they...

Hi I have a 1year 1 month old Americana hen who is all of a sudden losing LOTS of feathers. Let me give an example of what LOTS means, this actually happened. ( You pick up the hen, say hi and then put her down and you have about 2-5 feathers in your hand, and then she shakes and loses 5 more)...

My girls molted in and around Sept. We haven't had any eggs from any of them since then. (even the ones who weren't yet molting) It was not cold in Sept or Oct but did get cold in November. Then it warmed again for most of Dec. Can anyone explain why they stopped laying so early, or if there...

I have to get up very early in the morning and need an answer fast. One of my chickens is molting and the low tonight is 26F. Is that too cold for her to be in the coop. I have 8 others but she's not huddled up with them but instead to the left side with just one other chicken. She has most of...

Is she molting or what? There are a ton of feathers falling out from one of our Americaunas so I figure it's our oldest lady molting. Let me know what you think. Thank you!