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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: chubbsta on October 31, 2012, 20:44

Title: need some advice
Post by: chubbsta on October 31, 2012, 20:44

hello just found you all.

i have been keeping chickens for 6 months with no problems untill sly old fox came a visiting.
Any way ginger had met mr fox before, and never showed any signs of the encounter, Never stopped laying and seemed well.
Her last encounter was two weeks last sunday , since then she as not layed and now seems to be molting ???  The run is full of feathers. i noticed to night when she stretch and shook her self the feathers just fell out???
So any advice would be great.

Title: Re: need some advice
Post by: ANHBUC on October 31, 2012, 20:47

Most hens moult at this time of the year and will stop laying as they need to produce new feathers.   ;)

Title: Re: need some advice
Post by: grinling on November 03, 2012, 16:07

some give cat food (meat variety) to help them with the moulting. Speckles looks half plucked at the moment.