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<\/a>The bantys favourite place to sit<\/p><\/div>\n
Several times I cleared this log that the bantys like to sit on. I can now see why people say they go into the run and for a few seconds think a predator may have attacked one of their girls. This is my first experience of a proper moult and I am now better prepared to know what to expect.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Pepper still has the sudocrem on her bottom but Dotty has completely preened it off of her bottom.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Bottoms with and without sudocrem<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Bluebells fluffy bottom<\/p><\/div>\n
This photo illustrates something that I have mentioned before. Although Pepper and Dotty are the same breed and came from the same farm they look quite different (the farm had two breeding trios and I always felt these two may have come from different parents), Pepper’s tail is always quite horizontal and curves downwards almost like a cockerels whereas Dotty’s tail curves upwards.\u00a0Bluebell’s tail is straight up and she still has a fluffy bottom.<\/p>\n
I think the bantys head feathers are also growing back in. Although they still have patches of bare skin showing they are speckled rather than complete round bare patches.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Honey<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Amber<\/p><\/div>\n
My ideal scenario is that they moult, they regrow their feathers, with winter coming they stop plucking, and they stay beautifully fully feathered. In reality this probably won’t happen and they will continue to pluck them back out again, I can but hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning when I opened the coop it looked as if one of the bantys had exploded. I couldn’t believe the amount of feathers and yet the little girls don’t look any different. They don’t even look ragged and tatty … Continue reading