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[sgregson]

Hi

 

It seems that one or two of my chickens are moulting and it's also coincided with them stopping laying... can this be so or is it a case of there might be another problem? Also, with the two that aren't laying they are no longer crouching when I approach them and they're being quite defiant in not going back into their run in the evenings. They've been that bad I've stopped letting them out to free-range as my garden is rather large to keep chasing them around. They're even turning their noses up at their favourite treats to entice them back in!

 

Any advice would be appreciated... thanks guys.

 

Sal

[Egluntyne]

Usually, yes. The growing of new feathers uses up their resources, so they generally have a rest from laying.

[Chucky Mama]

I have one that has moulted enough feathers to make a pillow I thought there had been a massacre in the garden last week. She has stopped laying. To be honest I am glad that she has as she is looking very poor and I think that laying as well would be too much for her. What is annoying though is that she had only just come back into lay after being broody for 5 long months

[sandyhas3chucks]

unfortunately the ex bats seem to lay on regardless