in molt?

[Bristolianbelle]

Hello everyone, Violet my columbian blacktail has some feathers missing from her wings. Our light sussex is a feather plucker, but I havn't seen her picking on Violet. Could she be going into a molt? Or do they molt only in the winter time? I've had all of the girls since November as Point-of-Lay. All six girls lay between 5 and 6 eggs per day.

[Mo]

Usually moult winter, but I had one moult after bing broody. And Battery hens are put into a forced moult by giving them no food. So they can moult other times. And if they only started laying in Nov then maybe. I'm just guessing though. I think the first winter they moult more gradually and often keep laying.

[Bristolianbelle]

It must be our LS plucking again then. I have sudocreamed, Violet sprayed and anti fether peck sprayed today. Going to buy some more mealworms today and re started the poultry spice. If that dosn't work, i'm going to have to work out how to sperate the culprit and perhaps put her with our bluebell who hasn't been pecked.