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Your hen loses lots of feathers and stops laying. What is probably happening?

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  1. She has caught a bad cold
  2. She is too hot
  3. She is molting

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  1. Molting of Laying Hens, Mississippi State University Extension extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/livestock/poultry/molting-laying-hens Checked 2026-10-11.

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