molting
Ask the Experts, April/May 2024
Marissa Ames and Carla Tilghman answer your poultry questions about dog training, molting, duck behavior and more.
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Help Your Chicks Grow Healthy Feathers
Feathers provide temperature control and protect from the elements. Learn how to help your birds grow healthy plumage.
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Molting Chickens 101 – Chickens in a Minute Video
Molting is a natural process that usually takes place in fall when birds replace old feathers with new plumage. For adult molting chickens, timing is especially important because feathers equal warmth.
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Protein for Molting Chickens in Smoothies
Because feathers are almost entirely made up of protein, adding a bit of extra protein for molting chickens during the fall isn’t a bad idea.
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Caring for Chickens During Molt
Molt is the natural shedding of feathers and the regrowth of new ones. This usually happens in the fall as day length shortens, and starts at the head, down the back, breast, and ends on the wings and tail.
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Prebiotics and Probiotics for Chickens
Prebiotics and probiotics are good for your birds’ digestive tracts all the time, but they are especially important in times of stress or reduced water intake, changes in diet, and extreme temperatures.
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