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Poly-tonine A Super booster No.1 is a water soluble tonic great for molting chickens.
Most feed & grain co-ops sell various brands of tonics for hens. Each area of the country is different so just go to your co-op store or Agri feed outlet and ask the staff for a water soluble tonic for molting chickens.
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What type of tonic water speeds along the molting process of a chicken?
Any tonic that adds vitamins and minerals readily absorbed by the chickens digestive system. Molting is the renewal of old worn feathers. Growing new feathers means the old one's must drop out and regrow. This takes all the chickens energy supplies. Any commercial outlet that sells chicken feed and supplies will have a water soluble tonic designed for exactly this use.
Do chickens shed?
Yes, it's called molting.
What is chickens molting order of secondary feathers?
After Primary Feathers are Molted
When does molting start?
There is really no set or standard answer to give you on this question. Molting takes place at different times for different breeds and even at different times among the chickens of the same flock. When the individual hen needs to renew old feathers, molting will start. Generally within the first year after they start to lay eggs, they will come into molt.
How do you fix a chicken with loss of feathers and not laying Without going to the vet?
Feeding fonmertal will definitely help. Check with the store you buy your chicken feed at. They will have water soluble tonic for a vitamin boost. Your chickens are molting and all their energy is going into renewing feathers right now.
Do chickens lay eggs while molting if not how long does molting take?
Hens stop laying eggs. The main reason is because they need extra energy to produce new feathers, and another reason is that the pigment in their eggshells comes from the pigment in their feathers. Molting can take between three and six weeks.
What do chickens give?
The chickens give us egg ..
Why have your bantam quit laying over night?
When chickens get to an age they decide to stop laying. They just get too old. Because it is winter at the moment, chickens are molting (loosing all of their feathers) and they often have a 'break' from laying for about a month. I have 20 or so chickens and I am only getting 3 eggs a day because most of them are molting. Your bantam could just be being slack or just old. Hope this helps....
What is chicken molting?
Chickens loose a lot of their feathers and then (in most hens) dont lay eggs for a couple months.
Effects of egg quality during molting?
Much of the nutrition (vitamins and minerals) a chicken takes in during molting period is used for feather renewal and egg production will slow considerably during this time. Once the molting is complete the hen will usually get back to producing good quality eggs. It is desirable to add a tonic to the flocks water during molt.
My chickens find my cats food from time to time before I have a chance to pick up the bowl will the cat food harm my chickens if they eat it?
no chickens eat everything, sometimes i think they are more like pigs then pigs are. I actually fed my chickens catfood when they were molting, gave them extra protein for growing back their feathers.
What is wrong if a chickens comb and face are pale usually red is hunched up but still eats?
There are several reasons this may happen. Your chicken may be molting, molting is the time when a chicken renews its feathers and they can look unhealthy for about 6 weeks. Put a vitamin tonic in the water you supply for the birds. If you have recently changed the food you supply your birds then the pale comb & wattle would be the first signs of poor nutrition. Heat can also do this, birds often lose the bright red color when they are heat stressed.
