molting

  1. arstarr

    Incomplete Molt???

    One of my silver laced wyandottes started to molt and then quit midway though. She's often seen on her own so I think she is bullied. I separated her to give her time to grow her feathers in peace, but after a month of isolation she only managed to regrow the ones picked out on her back from...
  2. C

    Molting or something else?

    Hello! I’ve had chickens almost 2 years but this is my first year I’ve dealt with molting. A bit about my flock: 8 hens are 1yr 11m (golden comets & Easter eggers) 4hens 1yr 1m (Rhode Island reds, buff Orpington & copper maran) Egg production started to decrease in October and then only...
  3. matthennessy

    Chickens stopped laying during first winter

    Hey yall, my 2 black australorp hens were acquired in June 2023 at 6 weeks and started laying in September. They laid beautifully for the first couple of months about an egg a day from each (even though the eggs are quite small) but they just recently (10ish) days ago stopped laying completely...
  4. B

    Pale pink, formerly red, comb

    One of my chickens, not the biggest, but the most precocious, as well as the alpha, has been molting for 4 weeks now, first molt. She is active frisky, and eats well. I am however concerned about her pale, shrunken comb. Should I be?
  5. N

    Drake bill is molting?

    Hi I have a question...Is this OK for a drake's bill to look like this? Why this is happening to their bills? This isn't my drake and it's from: https://instagram.com/fatty_and_friendsigshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== The owner said it's OK for drake but it looks really bad imo..what we can do to help our...
    • Naiva80512
    • Thread
    • bill bill sore molting
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. kanami

    tis the season!

    molting season 🪶 🥲 i swear it was more feathers than poop in the coop today when i went to clean it out;;
  7. T

    Please Help, I don’t know what to try next!

    My olive egger, Gertie, is about 18mos the old. About a month ago we started having issues with her - lethargic, losing weight, not eating much if at all and excessive thirst when she would drink. She started molting but seemed a bit extreme compared to the others. She was also having diarrhea...
  8. Rhyara

    Help with a very slow or impacted crop please

    TLDR: Crop issues, she passes some material and has gotten empty, but when reunited back with her flock she got plugged up again. She is molting, I've read that slows their metabolism and can create crop issues, but offer no solutions. There is NO apparent bad smell coming from her mouth. The...
  9. allison_waring

    Nightly Roost Kerfuffles

    Curious to get your thoughts on my flocks sudden inability to roost peacefully at night. A week or two ago I noticed that our flock of 6 (5 hens and 1 rooster) were being aggressive towards each other each night as they began to roost. They've always generally been pretty peaceful about finding...
  10. D

    Chicken with droopy wings

    Hi! My 2yr old chicken has been acting off for a couple days. She’s the lowest in the pecking order so she gets picked on a good bit but I noticed she was hanging out in the coop a lot more and being bullied really bad. She was also not roosting with the rest but either sleeping on the floor or...
  11. MissGreenJeans

    Molting chicken not completely emptying crop

    Hi, everyone, Hoping for some advice. I have a 2.5-year-old Ameraucana hen named Sunny Side Up who’s been going through a hard molt. She feels thin and appears to have lost weight. About a week ago, I noticed that she was spending some of her day looking puffed up and squinty eyed—like she felt...
  12. T

    Molting... not eating, rarely drinking...

    I only have 3 girls and this is their first time molting. I'm new to this so I'm not sure what normal molting behavior is like. The girls are miserable. They've been hanging out in the coop most of the day (I do suspect it's also possible they are doing this because of the time of year and...
  13. S

    Hens are molting, fishmeal to supplement feed with extra protein

    Hello BYC community! Our hens in Eastern Virginia have just started molting. We feed them a quality mash that is 16% protein. We bought a bag of fishmeal that is 60% protein made from menhaden/bunker. Can we simply put a bowl of this fishmeal out to supplement? Or do we need to mix in their...
  14. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Molting Hen Is Acting Poorly - Treatment Needed?

    My 4.5 y/o EE, Darla, is going through a pretty extreme molt. She's at the bottom of the pecking order and always pretty awkward, but is acting even more confused and flustered than usual, and is otherwise very low energy. This is normal for her during molts. However, I noticed the following...
  15. Boof_Macarooni

    Runner is laying down a lot

    One of my runners hurt her leg a little while back and I’ve had to put up our male since he kept making it worse. It has healed since then but now she lays around a lot more than normal but she walks just fine and keeps up with the other girls. She also seems to be molting so I don’t know if...
  16. sjaks

    Grumpy Molting Pekin

    Our 2.5 year old Pekin started showing signs of her late summer/autumn molt about 4 weeks ago. This once friendly, happy-go-lucky, sweet, affectionate bird has suddenly turn down right crabby. Previously she would come for loves, pets, and affection. Now she just barks at us, will not let us...
    • sjaks
    • Thread
    • duck grumpy molting pekin
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. Fallenone05

    Duck age for molting

    My Cayuga duck hens are approximately 8 months old and are losing their wing feathers. They have a healthy appetite, and someone or both of them, are laying an egg every day. I've been seeing that ducks do a fall molt but nothing I've seen says at what age they start the molt?? Just wondering if...
    • Fallenone05
    • Thread
    • ducks fall molt molting
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. Sadie W

    PEKIN DUCK IS LOOSING FEATHERS! HELP!!

    So my pekin girl Dixie is my favorite duck. I’ve had her the longest out of everyone and she’s the one that is nicest to me (eating out of my hand coming around me when outside willing to walk into the house ect.) I noticed today that she had missing feathers on her wings that I’m very concerned...
  19. PapaChick3n

    Molting?

  20. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Early Doughy Crop?

    My 4.5 y/o BO, Glory, has been molting, but otherwise appears in good health. She was eating/drinking and pooping normally yesterday evening. Today, mid-morning, she took one of those poops that indicate her stomach is empty which concerned me and I felt her crop. It wasn't big by any means, but...
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