TWIT and I would like to wish everyone a very happy National Chicken Lady Day. And yes, I am proud to be a Chicken Lady.
The Girls are still growing in the tons of feathers that they lost during molting, and they haven't been laying. But I will give them an out since they are molting. When the birds go into molt, their bodies require every little resource they have to regrow their feathers .If you think about it, their bodies basically rejuvenate themselves in a matter of weeks. That has to take a lot of nutrients and energy to complete this process in such a short period of time.That is why chickens don’t lay eggs while they're molting. They don’t have enough nutrients left during this time to lay eggs and rebuild their bodies simultaneously.
They've been molting for about six weeks now, and you can visibly see the new feathers coming in, so we (and I'm sure they) hope the end is in sight. They aren't totally naked; just bare in a few spots.
So now you know probably more than you wanted to know about molting from Puddin the Chicken Lady.
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