molting...

princesspoultry · « **on:** July 10, 2007, 02:00 »

Hey,Just wondering...When does a chicken molt and how long till their feathers grow back? Thanks!
Princess Poultry

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2007, 08:02 »

Very variable :?

richyrich7 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2007, 12:43 »

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Very variable :?

yes very but think it's supposed to take about 8 weeks ?

princesspoultry · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2007, 19:04 »

oh ok,I was just asking because I was told my chickens were molting because some of them are missing feathers...it's pretty much all on their backs.

princesspoultry · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2007, 20:51 »

Is there anything I should do?

richyrich7 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2007, 23:26 »

I think Muntjac says they need more protein, He feeds his maggots.

slowef · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2007, 23:06 »

mine hate maggots I give Mealworms they are expensive nut they would kill for them. You can get dried ones if live wigglers puts you off

richyrich7 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2007, 08:53 »

Mealworms a pretty easy to breed your own, just put them in a large jar of oats, cover with musilin and give them the odd bit of carrot for mousiture. They soon start breeding.

calli · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:05 »

They do need a bit of extra protein - ( I feed dogfood shhhhh

) and will go off lay.

If the feathers are missing from the backs - could also be an overenthusiastic cockerel - some of our girls looking decidedly bare.

Trim and file down spurs if you have a cockerel running with them.

princesspoultry · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2007, 21:11 »

OK,Thanks everyone

Is my hen molting? Any molting info would be helpful :-) Started by R_A_W on The Hen House	2 Replies 1550 Views	February 18, 2011, 18:11 by jinty1911
Molting Hen Started by mrs bouquet on The Hen House	5 Replies 1840 Views	November 21, 2008, 12:44 by mrs bouquet
Moulting / Molting?? Started by Daisyd0g on The Hen House	3 Replies 1291 Views	November 19, 2011, 17:15 by Sassy
Could the problem be because of molting Started by maggiemc on The Hen House	2 Replies 995 Views	January 31, 2012, 20:35 by grinling