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Frida Starting a Hard Molt in Winter – photo by Jen Pitino

Frida Chicken turned up in the coop mostly naked and looking quite chilled a couple weeks ago – just before Christmas. Wintertime in Boise, Idaho is cold and snowy, with the days hanging at or below freezing. This is a particularly inopportune time for a chicken to decide to chuck her feathers in a massive molt. Today on the Urban Chicken Podcast, we take a close look at the molting process and consider such questions as what causes it and how to help your hens through it with as much ease as possible. Continue reading →