{"id":32184,"date":"2020-12-01T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32184"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:42:58","slug":"its-flames-turn-to-moult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32184","title":{"rendered":"It’s Flame’s turn to moult"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I keep thinking all the girls have done with moulting but then another girl starts. Like Ebony, Flame, had had a partial moult after going broody in the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that this means they moult in two halves. For the last couple of mornings I have been finding heaps of feathers under Flame’s roost spot in the chicken shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A heap of feathers in the chicken shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am also picking up loads of feathers from the run each day and when Flame shook herself feathers wafted down from her. The odd thing is that Flame doesn’t really look any different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flame doesn’t look much different to normal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A close up of Flame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It will be interesting to see if she stays looking this good. Smoke on the other hand looks a bit different at the moment. She has a patch of white feathers on her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smoke has an odd patch of white feathers on her head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have lifted her up for a close inspection and these are soft, downy, white feathers on her head. I am not sure if they are under feathers and maybe the dark ones are yet to come through or if she will keep this white patch on her head. Only time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s interesting how some of the girls’ feathers change after moulting. I will keep an eye on Smoke’s head feathers and report back here at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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