{"id":15970,"date":"2016-07-01T21:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15970"},"modified":"2016-07-01T21:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T21:34:59","slug":"emerald-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15970","title":{"rendered":"Emerald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emerald has been going through a tough moult but she is now coming out the other side. She is still dropping feathers but many more have grown back in and she looks almost back to normal.<\/p>\n

At her worst her face was so pale that it was white but now her face and comb are pink again.<\/p>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald three weeks ago<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Looking<\/a>

Looking really shabby<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald today<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Her<\/a>

Her face is pink again<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Her<\/a>

Her tiny comb is pink<\/p><\/div>\n

Other news is that as suspected Butterscotch has gone broody again. The most disappointing thing is that she appears to have lost some of \u00a0her head feathers already and it is only day one.<\/p>\n

\"Broody<\/a>

Broody again and missing head feathers<\/p><\/div>\n

I caught Barley sat in the nest box with her and chased her out. I wonder if she goes in with her to pull her head feathers out. I don’t understand why this happens every time she goes broody. I haven’t seen Barley touch her head feathers while she hasn’t been broody and yet as soon as she goes broody it starts up again.<\/p>\n

I did say that things were going too smoothly lately. I feel so frustrated that Butterscotch’s constant broody spells keep setting her feathers back again. If this is the worse problem we have it’s not the end of the world but it sure does frustrate me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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