{"id":33713,"date":"2021-09-23T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33713"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:49:04","slug":"moulting-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33713","title":{"rendered":"Moulting continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the last three mornings I have found a heap of feathers under Flame&#8217;s roost spot. Flame doesn&#8217;t look too bad considering how many feathers she is dropping. I think her new feathers have been quietly coming in underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/feathers-under-flames-roost-spot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/feathers-under-flames-roost-spot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/feathers-under-flames-roost-spot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/feathers-under-flames-roost-spot-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Feathers under Flame&#8217;s roost spot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Flame has dropped her tail feathers but instead of the, tail less, look that she has sported in the past she has a short tail where the new feathers are already in place.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flame-with-a-new-tail-growing-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flame-with-a-new-tail-growing-in.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flame-with-a-new-tail-growing-in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flame-with-a-new-tail-growing-in-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Flame with her new tail feathers growing in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All the little girls are looking a bit tattered. Salmon, Spangle and Shadow have pins on their head and Salmon and Shadow have pins on their neck too. At the moment Shadow is looking the most tatty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shadow-is-tatty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shadow-is-tatty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shadow-is-tatty-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shadow-is-tatty-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Shadow is looking tatty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be good to have the girls fully feathered before winter. At the moment only Smoke and Sugar are still laying and they are the least tattered. I think their periods of broodiness cause them to moult in more gradual stages and also to continue laying later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The corn cobs at the allotment are coming to an end and yesterday I gave the girls some that were not good enough for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/some-corn-cobs-for-the-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/some-corn-cobs-for-the-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/some-corn-cobs-for-the-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/some-corn-cobs-for-the-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Some corn cobs for the girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The girls love the corn cobs. As usual nothing from the allotment is wasted when we have chickens to hoover up anything that we don&#8217;t eat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girls should be looking pristine again very soon and will be ready for winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the last three mornings I have found a heap of feathers under Flame&#8217;s roost spot. Flame doesn&#8217;t look too bad considering how many feathers she is dropping. I think her new feathers have been quietly coming in underneath. 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