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<\/a>Amber has lost her tail<\/p><\/div>\n
What a scruffy little girl Amber is at the moment. She now has a short tail so I assume these are the new feathers and will gradually get longer.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Honey’s tail<\/p><\/div>\n
Honey still has her tail but I am still picking up tail feathers so I don’t think it will be long before she loses hers too. I am amazed at the volume of banty feathers I have picked up and yet they have no bare patches, they just look dishevelled.<\/p>\n
The little girls haven’t laid any eggs for a month now. What surprises me is that Pepper and Dotty are still laying every other day and Bluebell still lays every day with only one day off, on average every five days. She has never taken more than one day off and when she misses a day she always lays at first light the next day. Yesterday was only the second time that we had no eggs and Bluebell was back in the nest box at first light this morning.<\/p>\n
Another change that has taken place is that Pepper has returned to laying in the nest box instead of the little coop. After laying only in the little coop and getting very agitated and vocal if someone else was in there when she wanted to go in, she has suddenly switched back to the nest box. I wonder if it is because it is colder now but who knows what goes on in their little chicken brains!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the moult continues I am picking up long, dark, banty tail feathers and I suddenly realised that Amber has lost her tail. Honey’s tail is getting thinner too. What a scruffy little girl Amber is at the moment. She … Continue reading