{"id":27145,"date":"2018-12-08T16:55:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27145"},"modified":"2018-12-08T16:55:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:55:42","slug":"poor-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27145","title":{"rendered":"Poor Flame"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a few nights of finding heaps of feathers in the chicken shed Flame didn’t look much different. She had a shorter tail which I thought was due to the long tail feathers falling out leaving shorter tail feathers growing underneath. This is her first moult with us so I didn’t know what to expect.<\/p>\n

I was wrong! It must have been long tail feathers falling out first to be followed by shorter tail feathers falling out next. Flame’s tail feathers had dropped in the chicken shed last night.<\/p>\n

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Flame’s tail feathers dropped in the shed over night<\/p><\/div>\n

Flame looked very different this morning. She had lost her tail and had also lost her confidence as often happens during a heavy moult.<\/p>\n

I returned to the run with my camera but couldn’t see Flame. It always causes me a moment of alarm when I can’t see a girl even though I know that they can’t get out. Eventually I found her hiding in the wooden shelter and looking very sorry for herself.<\/p>\n

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A very sorry looking Flame taking refuge in the shelter<\/p><\/div>\n

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There goes another loose feather<\/p><\/div>\n

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She does look very odd<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tailless Flame<\/p><\/div>\n

I can’t believe that I have been saying for days that she hardly looked any different. Flame certainly looks very different now. At least she has no bare patches at the moment and hopefully she will soon be feathered up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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