moulting

Our chickens are moulting heavily

October 31, 2010
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Two of our chickens are losing their feathers as they moult, while the other chickens help by plucking them out and eating them. The poor things are really feeling the cold.

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Has the great moult of 2010 begun already?

September 3, 2010

Oh dear. It looks like our second-tier chickens – the second batch of three we bought – may be starting to moult. That means loose feathers, cold bottoms and, probably, a decline in the number of eggs laid. That’s a shame, really, as our three most recent hens (numbers seven, eight and nine) are only [...]

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Barbara’s bare bottom

October 25, 2009
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Poor Barbara. She’s been moulting for a while now but it’s really accelerated over the last few days. It’s an age thing. All chickens do it every so often so they can re-grow themselves a whole new coat of feathers. Every time she shakes herself she dislodges another cloud of them, and now her whole [...]

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