moulting

Currently it is 2/11/2024 , i realized my main head hancho hen is going through a moult. If i remember correctly she started this moult around possibly 1/25/2024 or later i cant fully recall i just recall it was when we got the much warmer days back, but still not so much sun. As far as im...

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...

My hen who is 7 months and has not layed yet has a ligther comb I have noticed more feather loss. I am wondering if she is sick or molting. Image 1 is Aug 27 and 2,3 are today. She has always been more docile and quiet but always robust and healthy. Also just added new healthy quarantined hens...

Hi - I need to worm my two ducks.. they seem perfectly healthy but I happened to see a huge worm ejected in Bella's poop (long, fat and white, I think a roundworm). I have 1% Flubendazole for them. Not sure of dosage for ducks, can anyone advise, please? I have read a lot of posts here about...

Hi everyone! So I’ve had my flock for 5 years. The last week my rooster Stevie had a redness on his legs and belly I thought/think he was moulting he baths everyday. I just don’t want to make sure it’s not a skin irritation. No one else has it as dr as I can see.

Hey There! It’s been a while 😅 yeah so, Snowy (Purebred Light Sussex) started her first moult. How should i approach this situation? Her behaviour has changed a bit. She has been broody for a few weeks, and stopped laying eggs. our yard is covered in feathers, and she has many pin feathers on...

One of our chicks has been losing her feathers at a quick rate. I can't tell if it is moulting or feather peaking. I haven't seen any mites of any kind. We live in Colorado and it's getting pretty cold. Was thinking of quarantining for her. Any advice would be very appreciated. Thanks

Hi all, your advice would be gratefully appreciated on the following: 2 sister hens, favourite of my rooster Dennis, usually big brassy girls with a good position in the flock, both have taken a very severe moult and I think one of them is being pecked even barer by a lady in the flock who tends...

For a great many chicken health topics we get our information from research done by or with the chicken egg and meat producing companies. Most of the hens I know of that go through a particularly heavy moult do so in their second year and most battery hens are killed at this age because egg...

I have a one year old Speckled Sussex who's been moulting for the last week or so, but the feather loss has kicked into high gear over the last couple days, with feathers all over the coop and her tail falling out today. She's spending a lot of time hunched up in the sun looking miserable, but...

Feathers are all over yard. Small and fluffy. Chickens are missing and have been for days, right following a rainstorm after having been let out of the coup. Let me know your thoughts on the photo I’ve attached. Thanks. Devastated and could use the feedback.

Hi, I am in South Africa and we are going through the last few weeks of winter. Several of my hens look awful. The others look beautiful and healthy. I am not sure if they are moulting or being bullied by our roosters when they try to mate. The thing that concerns me is that their wing feathers...

My silkie chicken started moulting at the beginning of April, and she's pretty much done now but she has a bunch of feathers on her head with the sheath still on. Almost all the other ones are scratched off but I don't know that she can reach these ones. Will they come off on their own or does...

I have been worried about 2 of our hens. We only have 3 and are quite new to this. I think one of them is getting broody as she keeps laying on the eggs and breaking them. She is losing a lot of feathers between her legs (really couldn’t get a picture) the area looks extremely red and I can’t...

I’m assuming this is her first moult ? Her hatch date was Feb 26,2020. Left side is this summer when she started laying and the right side is now. She’s looking pretty scraggly and had stopped laying a couple weeks ago but she hasn’t changed at all in demeanour or activity.

I have two chickens (Plymouth Rock and Polish Crested). A few weeks ago the PR became egg bound (we believe). She showed all symptoms. But after checking her out, and feeling what we figured was the egg (just a hand on the outside, didn't go "in"), she started oozing (for lack of a better...

My one girl was born in March 2019 appears to be moulting. It’s February in Winnipeg and very cold. Does this look like a moulting hen? I’m worried she might be sick. She’s eating fine and still laying.

Hi, I really need some advice please. It is just beginning to get very cold here in France, 21 December and my Silkie hen has started to moult. I am unsure whether this is a normal moult or whether she is stressed since introducing a new companion 2 weeks ago. Her companion died a year ago...

First time chicken owner here and my chicks are all grown up now, approaching 6 months fast. Now, I know chickens moult, but is it normal for a 5&1/2 month old cockerel to loose all of his tail feathers in one night? I also had 2 hens out the morning I discovered Arlo’s little naked butt..... No...