{"id":6279,"date":"2013-11-19T18:08:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2013-11-19T18:40:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:40:38","slug":"the-girls-are-coming-through-the-moult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=6279","title":{"rendered":"The girls are coming through the moult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The little girls go into the coop on their own every day now. The big girls have done so on a few of the colder days but most days they go to the coop roof and wait for me to lift them down and put them in. I am still hopeful that when we get the cold weather, which has been forecast to hit us soon, they will start to go in on their own.<\/p>\n<p>When I lift Pepper down she now feels silky soft. All the prickly pin feathers have opened into silky new feathers.<\/p>\n<p>When I lift Bluebell down she feels the same as she always has. She seems to have only lost a few feathers at a time and never looked noticeably different.<\/p>\n<p>When I lift Dotty down she is still very prickly but it is getting a bit better. Dotty is a month younger than Pepper and starting to lay her eggs quite a bit later. I wonder if this is why she is also moulting later than Pepper.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6293\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pepper_looks_fully_feathered.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6293\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6293\" alt=\"Pepper looks fully feathered\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pepper_looks_fully_feathered.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pepper_looks_fully_feathered.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/pepper_looks_fully_feathered-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper looks almost fully feathered<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pepper never lost her tail like Dotty and in parts it still looks a little ragged. She still has some feathers to come in on her bottom and a few under feathers showing on her wings but she is fluffy and soft to the touch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6294\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bluebell_never_really_looked_any_different.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6294\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6294\" alt=\"Bluebell never really looked any different\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bluebell_never_really_looked_any_different.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bluebell_never_really_looked_any_different.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bluebell_never_really_looked_any_different-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebell never really looked any different<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bluebell would have an occasional loose feather and I have picked up some of her tail feathers from the run but she never looked different.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6296\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dotty_is_looking_better_apart_from_having_no_tail.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6296\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6296\" alt=\"Dotty is looking better than she did apart from having no tail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dotty_is_looking_better_apart_from_having_no_tail.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dotty_is_looking_better_apart_from_having_no_tail.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dotty_is_looking_better_apart_from_having_no_tail-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty is looking better than she did apart from having no tail<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6297\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the_bantys_are_looking_quite_good.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6297\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6297\" alt=\"The banty's are looking quite good\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the_bantys_are_looking_quite_good.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the_bantys_are_looking_quite_good.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the_bantys_are_looking_quite_good-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The banty&#8217;s are looking quite good<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All the photos above were taken yesterday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6298\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/before_bedtime_corn.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6298\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6298\" alt=\"Having their before bedtime corn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/before_bedtime_corn.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/before_bedtime_corn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/before_bedtime_corn-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having their bedtime corn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These photos were taken today before bedtime. I think Dotty is looking much better.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6299\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/honey_the_little_girls_have_theri_black_collar_back.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6299\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6299\" alt=\"The little girl's have their black collar back again\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/honey_the_little_girls_have_theri_black_collar_back.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/honey_the_little_girls_have_theri_black_collar_back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/honey_the_little_girls_have_theri_black_collar_back-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The little girl&#8217;s have their black collar back again<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is Honey but both little girls are looking quite smart again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6300\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dottys_tail_feathers_are-growing.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6300\" alt=\"Dotty's tail feathers are growing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dottys_tail_feathers_are-growing.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dottys_tail_feathers_are-growing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dottys_tail_feathers_are-growing-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty&#8217;s tail feathers are growing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My husband commented that Dotty&#8217;s tail is growing and I think this photo shows it is. Dotty is on her way to being beautiful again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The little girls go into the coop on their own every day now. 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