{"id":37797,"date":"2023-11-05T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37797"},"modified":"2023-11-05T09:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:45:07","slug":"dot-has-one-tail-feather-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37797","title":{"rendered":"Dot has one tail feather left"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dot has continued to drop feathers wherever she goes and to leave a heap under her roost spot overnight. A few days ago she was down to her last tail feather. I was going to do a before and after but a few days later that ragged lone tail feather is still hanging on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dot looks so sad during the moult. She spends time in the shelter and when I give out the sunflower hearts she waits the other side of the wire from the rest of the girls for hers. The girls always seem to lose confidence when having a heavy moult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-has-one-remaining-tail-feather.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-has-one-remaining-tail-feather.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-has-one-remaining-tail-feather.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-has-one-remaining-tail-feather-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-has-one-remaining-tail-feather-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dot has one remaining tail feather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-looks-really-sad-and-is-standing-on-her-dropped-feathers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-looks-really-sad-and-is-standing-on-her-dropped-feathers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-looks-really-sad-and-is-standing-on-her-dropped-feathers.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-looks-really-sad-and-is-standing-on-her-dropped-feathers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dot-looks-really-sad-and-is-standing-on-her-dropped-feathers-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dot looks sad and is standing on her dropped feathers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dots-remaining-tail-feather-is-at-a-jaunty-angle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dots-remaining-tail-feather-is-at-a-jaunty-angle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dots-remaining-tail-feather-is-at-a-jaunty-angle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dots-remaining-tail-feather-is-at-a-jaunty-angle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dots-remaining-tail-feather-is-at-a-jaunty-angle-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dot&#8217;s remaining tail feather is at a jaunty angle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am still picking up piles of Dot&#8217;s feathers from the chicken shed each morning. It&#8217;s a wonder she isn&#8217;t bare by now. I&#8217;ll be glad to see Dot through with the moult as I am sure so will she.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dot has continued to drop feathers wherever she goes and to leave a heap under her roost spot overnight. A few days ago she was down to her last tail feather. 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