{"id":35301,"date":"2022-07-15T09:16:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=35301"},"modified":"2022-07-15T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:18:26","slug":"flame-now-has-no-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=35301","title":{"rendered":"Flame now has no tail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flame always moults in the same way. She always loses her tail at about half way through her moult. It completely changes her shape. I always think she looks like a giant quail.<\/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\/2022\/07\/flame-with-no-tail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-with-no-tail.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-with-no-tail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-with-no-tail-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Flame with no tail<\/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\/2022\/07\/flame-from-behind.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-from-behind.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-from-behind-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/flame-from-behind-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Flame from behind<\/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\/2022\/07\/a-different-shaped-flame.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a-different-shaped-flame.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a-different-shaped-flame-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a-different-shaped-flame-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>A different shaped Flame<\/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\/2022\/07\/i-caught-flame-scratching-her-head.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/i-caught-flame-scratching-her-head.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/i-caught-flame-scratching-her-head-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/i-caught-flame-scratching-her-head-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>I caught Flame scratching her head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was trying to capture her current shape and caught her mid scratch. I thought it was such a funny shot of her that I decided to keep it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flame will soon grow her new tail and look pristine  again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news a few nights in the broody crate broke Sugar of her broody spell and Gold has been checking out the nest boxes so may start laying again soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have Sunday, Monday and Tuesday forecast to be really hot so I will be giving the girls frozen peas on those days and damping down some of the shady parts of the run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flame always moults in the same way. She always loses her tail at about half way through her moult. It completely changes her shape. I always think she looks like a giant quail. 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