light molt no eggs

[Jsnick]

I have a 15 month old Polish chicken, who was laying eggs regularly. She went broody, no eggs. Her last egg was end of July then she went into a light molt in September. Hasn't laid any eggs since July still. I've been checking all of them and there's no sign of mites or anything. She didn't lose a lot of feathers and from what I can see all have come back. I up her protein as well. I'm in located outside of Chicago area. My new girls are still laying and haven't molted they're about 6 months old.Is this normal?

 

[FrostRanger]

I have a 15 month old Polish chicken, who was laying eggs regularly. She went broody, no eggs. Her last egg was end of July then she went into a light molt in September. Hasn't laid any eggs since July still. I've been checking all of them and there's no sign of mites or anything. She didn't lose a lot of feathers and from what I can see all have come back. I up her protein as well. I'm in located outside of Chicago area. My new girls are still laying and haven't molted they're about 6 months old.Is this normal?

Totally normal. You 6 month olds shouldn't molt until next year, your 1 1/2 year old will start when she starts which may not be until the days start lengthening again

 

[Jsnick]

Thanks!! She was laying so good for a Polish chicken almost everyday.

 

[Andkingquail]

Same thing happened to my chickens!

 

[Possum-Pie]

Last year mine all quit laying beginning of Sept. until about Christmas. What a pain, had to buy eggs. This year they laid until about 2 weeks ago (October) and I'm still getting 1 egg a day from some dedicated hen. I've never understood why they don't molt until cool weather. It is usually 95 degrees around here all summer and they pant and find shade, that would be a perfect time to molt but no, they wait until overnight lows go down to 40s or 30s to shed their warm feathers.