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My molting chicken just laid an egg?!
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My oldest hen (1 of 2 Americaunas) has been losing feathers for the past couple weeks—the top of her head and a lot of the down around her vent is balding. I immediately thought “molting” and swapped out her standard layer feed with “feather fixer”.

Yesterday I came home to 2 green eggs, meaning she laid an egg! I’ve read and have always thought that they stopped laying during a molt because feather production requires so much protein.

Should I be concerned that this might not be molting or is it actually possible to lay during a molt?

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