{"id":33759,"date":"2021-10-03T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33759"},"modified":"2021-10-03T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:53:06","slug":"the-worse-serama-moult-we-have-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=33759","title":{"rendered":"The worse serama moult we have ever had"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Smoke went broody a few days after Sugar. With no girls laying I am keeping everything closed up and just opening the chicken shed at bedtime and closing it again in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seramas usually moult a bit at a time but this year they are having a full moult. I put it down to having such a cold and cloudy August. They stopped laying at the end of August whereas they usually continue to lay through September and sometimes October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this triggered the moult. I have never picked up so many serama feathers from the run including some longer tail and wing feathers. Salmon currently has no tail. I have never had a serama with no tail before. This usually only happens to the bigger girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar and Smoke are the least tattered and I think this is because of the constant broody spells then laying again which means they have moulted more gradually although Smoke is missing her middle tail feathers.<\/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\/10\/shadow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shadow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shadow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shadow-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Shadow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/sugar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sugar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sugar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sugar-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/smoke.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smoke.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smoke-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/smoke-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Smoke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/spangle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/spangle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/spangle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/spangle-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spangle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/a-tail-less-salmon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-tail-less-salmon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-tail-less-salmon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-tail-less-salmon-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>A tail less Salmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/salmon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/salmon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/salmon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/salmon-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Salmon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They look the untidiest flock of seramas we have ever had. It seems to be taking ages too but I am still hoping that they will all be fully feathered before the cold weather arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be good to see them with their lovely new feathers in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke went broody a few days after Sugar. With no girls laying I am keeping everything closed up and just opening the chicken shed at bedtime and closing it again in the morning. 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