molting in first year?

[Tracydr]

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I've read this as well.

Wondering if it possible for a hen from 2010 to NOT moult this fall? I have a production red who hasn't started to moult, and it is November 7th.. It's going to get very cold here soon, and I would rather her not be naked in the full force of winter

I've had some that had such a little molt you would never notice it.

 

[allpeepedout]

At least one of mine, born February, seems to have been molting for a while now. I was not expecting it.

 

[cmom]

From birth as they grow the first year they will go through several molts. Some you may not notice but you will see the feathers around. After the first year then they usually molt once a year.