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Post by iaechickens on Mar 6, 2014 13:39:16 GMT -5
Sorry for the newbie question here. My LF buffs were hatched last April. They hadn't been laying long when we got them Dec 27, but they were out of the "pullet" size eggs. Any idea on when they might molt. Our county fair is Mid July. It would be nice if they decided to molt mid May. Or would that be wishful thinking?
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Post by iaechickens on Mar 6, 2014 13:41:17 GMT -5
Since I'm asking lame questions: Do roosters molt also? Same time as hens? This had never croosed my mind before I reread my prior post.
Edit: OK, I guess I know roosters molt sometime.
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Post by d12chandler on Mar 6, 2014 20:34:07 GMT -5
You can force molt. I did that once for our county fair when we lived in TN. Worked great, birds won a lot because of the new feathers, Then about the middle of Sept, they did another molt and messed up fall showing early. Males and females both molt, usually about the same time. Your birds will molt in maybe late Aug on.
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Post by CrookedCreek on Mar 7, 2014 10:19:57 GMT -5
You can force molt. I did that once for our county fair when we lived in TN. Worked great, birds won a lot because of the new feathers, Then about the middle of Sept, they did another molt and messed up fall showing early. Males and females both molt, usually about the same time. Your birds will molt in maybe late Aug on. Hello Don, What's the best way to force a molt? I have been told that too much protein in their feed can cause it. Is it like an eight week process? |
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Post by d12chandler on Mar 8, 2014 17:08:47 GMT -5
I was feeding gamebird breeder which was 18& protein. I got some 16& layer and fed for like 2 weeks and then I got a bag of gamebird starter and fed it to all the birds, bantam and standard's both went into a molt. Then I went back to gamebird breeder. Our county fair in TN was the middle of August, older birds never looked very good. After coming out of breeding they looked rough. I tried this and got nice feathers for the fair. The only problem was they went into another molt in late Sept. on there own.
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