jackian Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Poppy my lovely Ginger nut is about 20 months old and this is her first moult and she is really feeling sorry for herself . It has been about a week or so now and she is still laying an egg every other day but is now losing her larger feathers. I know it is not a hard and fast rule but how long is it expected to last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loumabel Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Myrtle my bantam Wyandotte has been moulting now for about a month and she is coming out the other side now, nearly all her feathers are grown with a few prickly ones still to grow, so I guess about another week or so to go. I don't know what the norm is though but mine always seem to take over a month to go through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Mine seem to do it the slow way and lose feathers from one part and regrow then from another and work the way round their bodies so it takes ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 any thing from 2 weeks to a couple of months but that's not a hard and fast statement my cockerel Boris started in July and is still gowing I think he's doing it one feather at a time. there's comment that keeps coming up every now and again that say's that the better the layer the quicker the moult and to a certain extent at least with my mob isn't far off the mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I go with that. I just bought eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 What about those that never moult? Of my original 3 Omlet girls who are all now nearly 3 years old, they have all been good layers and only one of them has ever done a bit of a moult. Whereas, dopey drawers Dimrose who is the most pathetic chicken with NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO brain is only 9 months and looks as if she has been through a hedge backwards. Her saving grace is she does lay 5 days out of 7 normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackian Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Thanks for your replies.. She usually lays every day but is still laying every other so I am hoping the poor thing will get it over with as soon as possible.I thought they did not lay when moulting! In fact I think Clover the Pepperpot must be coming out in sympathy as I have just come home from work and there are a couple of black ones about They are both about the same age . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hmmm, well funny you should mention that because my favourite chicken, Cluck who is now nearly 3 and had a bit of a moult laid an egg today, despite being with fewer feathers and all of her lovely tail feathers have gone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
