{"id":12762,"date":"2015-10-11T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12762"},"modified":"2015-10-11T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:45:37","slug":"almost-done-with-the-moult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12762","title":{"rendered":"Almost done with the moult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the girls are now through the moult. Honey and Topaz were the last two to moult and the only two not quite back to normal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12782\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17474.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12782\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17474.jpg\" alt=\"Honey's neck feathers are back in.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17474-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey&#8217;s neck feathers are back in.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Honey was the last to start her moult and she looked the worst. Her neck is almost back to normal and she just needs her tail to grow back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12785\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17478.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12785\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17478.jpg\" alt=\"Topaz is just about back to normal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17478-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topaz is just about back to normal<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12786\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17457.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12786\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17457.jpg\" alt=\"Peaches\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17457.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17457-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaches<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12787\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17463.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12787\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17463.jpg\" alt=\"Barley\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17463-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These two are almost back to normal. Usually I can tell Barley at a glance because her comb is bigger than Peaches but since the moult their combs have shrunk and they are much harder to tell apart. I now have to look at which way their combs flop with Peaches to the left and Barley to the right. Barley was the last of the two to lose her tail and it isn&#8217;t as full a fan yet as Peaches tail is.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12788\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17455.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12788\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17455.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald \" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17455-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Emerald was the first to moult and has been back to normal for some time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12789\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17462.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12789\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17462.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17462-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toffee was second to moult and is also looking great now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12790\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17479.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12790\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17479.jpg\" alt=\"Speckles\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17479.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17479-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speckles is looking good and has her tail back to it&#8217;s former glory. She has more white on her now but has still retained the little tuft on her head.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12791\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17466.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17466.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17466-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think Butterscotch only had a partial moult which may have been triggered by her broody spell. She has never really looked different and the feathers have stopped dropping except for the odd one or two. She has now laid twenty eggs since she resumed laying after her broody spell which equals the twenty she laid before going broody. I am waiting with baited breath to see if she continues to lay or goes broody again.<\/p>\n<p>It is so nice to see the girls all fully feathered again apart from Honey&#8217;s tail which I am sure won&#8217;t take too much longer. It is also lovely to have Butterscotch&#8217;s eggs which are giving us our weekend breakfasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the girls are now through the moult. Honey and Topaz were the last two to moult and the only two not quite back to normal. 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