Molting Season – Fewer Eggs and Fewer Feathers
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
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Molting season is upon us, and with it comes a reduction in egg production and possibly some raggedy-looking chickens.
In the late summer and early fall, chickens that are about one year of age and older go through a seasonal cycle where they shed their old feathers and grow in new feathers to keep them warm through the coming winter. This can take a lot of a chicken’s energy. It can also lower a chicken’s immune system because resources from the food it eats are being redirected to growing all those new feathers.
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