{"id":42325,"date":"2026-10-16T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=42325"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:02:23","slug":"red-is-now-looking-a-bit-scruffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=42325","title":{"rendered":"Red is now looking a bit scruffy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After three days of masses of feathers in the chicken shed and run at last it has started to slow down. Red is now looking a bit scruffy but still not too bad considering how many feathers she has been dropping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-is-starting-to-look-a-bit-scruffy-now.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-is-starting-to-look-a-bit-scruffy-now.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-is-starting-to-look-a-bit-scruffy-now.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-is-starting-to-look-a-bit-scruffy-now-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/red-is-starting-to-look-a-bit-scruffy-now-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Red is starting to look a bit scruffy now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-bottom-feathers-are-loosening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-bottom-feathers-are-loosening.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-bottom-feathers-are-loosening.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-bottom-feathers-are-loosening-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-bottom-feathers-are-loosening-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Red&#8217;s bottom feathers are loosening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-usually-perfect-bottom-feathers-are-all-over-the-place.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-usually-perfect-bottom-feathers-are-all-over-the-place.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42353\" width=\"670\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-usually-perfect-bottom-feathers-are-all-over-the-place.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-usually-perfect-bottom-feathers-are-all-over-the-place-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/her-usually-perfect-bottom-feathers-are-all-over-the-place-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Red&#8217;s, usually perfect, bottom feathers are all over the place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I would give the girls a treat so I could get an up to date group photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-tomato-treat-for-the-girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-tomato-treat-for-the-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-tomato-treat-for-the-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-tomato-treat-for-the-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-tomato-treat-for-the-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A tomato treat for the girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s funny to think that not that long ago Snow had no tail. Now her tail is magnificent once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snows-tail-is-now-straight-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snows-tail-is-now-straight-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snows-tail-is-now-straight-up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snows-tail-is-now-straight-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snows-tail-is-now-straight-up-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Snow&#8217;s tail is now straight up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Red will soon be looking back to normal and then that will be the moult all finished for this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three days of masses of feathers in the chicken shed and run at last it has started to slow down. 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