Author Archives: Carol

Poor Dotty is having a really hard moult. At first I felt the moult wasn’t having much effect on the girls but that was before Dotty suddenly lost loads of feathers at once including her tail. She looks much worse … Continue reading →

I feel so sorry for Dotty as she is having the worst moult of all my girls. Dotty is looking more ragged and tatty by the minute and when I pick her up to put her in the coop at … Continue reading →

This morning I picked up lots of feathers from the coop once more but when I went back into the run mid morning I picked up five long tail feathers. It’s Dotty’s turn to lose her tail and she only … Continue reading →

This morning there were loads of feathers in the coop again. Dotty’s chest is a mass of loose feathers and she looks like a gust of wind could blow them away. Dotty seems to be moulting more completely than the … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had to go out to do a delivery at four o’clock and got back just after five o’clock. Before we left I propped the coop door open with the doorstop to give the little girls more time to … Continue reading →

There has been a storm warning for days now, telling us that last night and this morning most of the country would be hit by heavy rain and winds of up to ninety miles an hour. Yesterday (Sunday) turned into … Continue reading →

Last year the girls started going into the coup at bedtime around the middle of September. At the moment they are still roosting on the high perch and I lift them down each evening and shut them in the coop. … Continue reading →

Yesterday Honey lost most of her tail during the morning. When I went back in at lunch time the first thing I saw was a long, dark, banty tail feather. I looked for Honey and sure enough, there she was … Continue reading →

I had only just finished my post on Amber losing her tail when I went back into the girls and found several more banty tail feathers. I then saw that Honey has only one remaining tail feather. The feathers are … Continue reading →

As the moult continues I am picking up long, dark, banty tail feathers and I suddenly realised that Amber has lost her tail. Honey’s tail is getting thinner too. What a scruffy little girl Amber is at the moment. She … Continue reading →