possible to trigger a gouldian to molt

[ac12]

If I put a gouldian hen into a cage with molting hens, is it possible that the environment of the other hens molting could trigger the new hen to start molting?

If so I won't do that as I am getting ready to breed this hen.
It is ready to come out of quarantine, and I am thinking about which cage to put her into, the community hen cage or the cage that I plan to breed her in. Her future mate is finishing his molt, so they won't be put together for a while.

[atarasi]

Gary,

The only two things I know that can push them into molt is stress and the austerity diet.

[debbie276]

The only thing that triggers my gouldians to molt is heat, once it gets warm in the spring they all go into molt. I couldn't trigger a molt with the austerity diet when I tried.