Author Topic: why haven't my hens moulted?  (Read 5979 times)

countrygirlatheart

  • Joined Apr 2008
why haven't my hens moulted?
« on: August 15, 2009, 03:26:44 pm »
My four girls were bought as POL at the end of May 2008.  From what I've read they should have moulted by now but there's been no feather loss.   Is this unusual?

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2009, 07:36:58 pm »
Ours didn't moult the first year, and now seem to do it in stages, one at a time.
Don't worry too much, at least you shouldn't miss out on eggs!
Little Blue

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2009, 09:59:13 pm »
Mine are only starting to moult now and not a great deal as yet
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
  • Peak District
    • festivalcarriages.co.uk
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2009, 11:38:27 pm »
Mine have not started moulting yet, although my OH works at a farm, and their hens are moulting like mad. 

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 04:01:29 pm »
could be the weather, my ponies have their winter coats already, maybe they know something we don't. My chickens have not gone through a moult yet either  ???

JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2009, 05:03:43 pm »
I got mine as POL in April this year and they aren't showing any signs of moulting yet either.

Pedigree GOS Pigs and Butchery for Smallholders.

BlackRocks

  • Joined Jul 2009
  • Wokingham, Near Reading, Berkshire
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2009, 07:41:06 pm »
I got my hens at POL this May, so like you but a year later. The supplier clipped their wings for me. She then said that they wouldn't need doing again until Autumn 2010 after their first moult so I guess you are looking at any time now?

MiriMaran

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2009, 08:13:50 pm »
Some of mine have started moulting, but most haven't yet.

countrygirlatheart

  • Joined Apr 2008
Re: why haven't my hens moulted?
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2009, 09:52:07 pm »
thanks for the replies - good to know they're not abnormal then!

now just hoping they get their new gear on in time for the weather getting colder

 

© The Accidental Smallholder Ltd 2003-2025. All rights reserved.

Design by Furness Internet

Site developed by Champion IS