Moulting?

Hi there

I've only had my chickens a few months and I've not had much luck at all.  A few weeks ago my warren was really ill with cold and I didn't think she would pull through.  Luckily she did but now I think she's moulting but I'm really not sure.  She's lost all the feathers around her comb and the area looks really spiky.  When I looked in the coop her feathers are everywhere.  Is she moulting? Is it normal for chickens to moult in the winter?  I'm really worried about her now.

Hi Beth, yes autumn is moulting time and the spikey bits are the new feathers coming through. Just make sure you give them lots of supplements in their food and water as it is a stressful time for them and they will need extra vitamins. Poultry spice in food and Stressless in their water.

Pets at home do sell poultry spice it's a rip off though . It works really well

looks like she has a lovely new set of feathers on the way, won't be long before she will be proudly strutting showing off her new clothes 

I hoped it might help - it is rather a shock when you see it all for the first time!

I have two of my girls moulting at the moment, feathers absoutley everywhere lol, isnt it funny that they choose to moult when its absoutley freezing   nickyx