Chickens Molting in Winter: How to Help Your Flock
January 20, 2026Chickens molting in winter may not be an uncommon occurrence, but with proper care, your flock can thrive through a wintertime molt and be able to resume egg laying in the spring.
Chickens molting in winter may not be an uncommon occurrence, but with proper care, your flock can thrive through a wintertime molt and be able to resume egg laying in the spring.
How to Help Your Birds Through this Natural, But Uncomfortable, Process
Learn more about molting, the natural process in which a chicken sheds old feathers and grows new ones, by Chickens magazine editors.
If you catch your chickens scratching—themselves not the ground—be on the lookout for lice in your flock.