Better Hens and Gardens

Fall is the time of year when chickens molt and ours are doing just that; so egg production is way down and it’s a good time to make decisions on which chickens (if any) should be culled.

Molting is a natural occurrence for chickens triggered by shortening day length in fall.  It can take from 2 to 6 months for a chicken to complete molting; and egg production generally stops during molting for pure breed birds or significantly slows down for egg
production breeds.  This egg production slowdown occurs because it takes the same nutrients to grow feathers that it does to
make [...]

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