{"id":23501,"date":"2017-11-29T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:06:31","slug":"these-girls-keep-bouncing-me-up-and-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=23501","title":{"rendered":"These girls keep bouncing me up and down"},"content":{"rendered":"

I picked up even more of Freckles feathers today than yesterday. The run was strewn with white feathers. It then struck me that this is the second winter we have had Freckles whereas it is the first winter with the three amigos. I think this means Freckles is having a proper full moult as in their first winter chickens only have a partial moult of baby feathers.<\/p>\n

This seems to disprove the theory that seramas don’t moult in winter. Today has been bitterly cold and by late afternoon the girls where in a group huddle.<\/p>\n

While taking a few photos I realised that Freckles was dozing again and once more her head was nodding up and down. Oh no! not again. She is also still sneezing. I think that she is not well once more.<\/p>\n

Mycoplasma reappears at times of stress and I wonder if the cold coupled with a heavy moult has set Freckles back again.<\/p>\n

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A group huddle<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freckles and Dandelion<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freckles is dozing again<\/p><\/div>\n

I will be keeping a very close eye on her over the next few days. If she appears to go downhill I think I will go ahead and treat the flock again with tylan. I can see that this is going to be a worrying winter with this problem in my flock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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