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<\/a>Bluebell’s missing neck feathers<\/p><\/div>\n
Bluebell is easier to photograph and you can see her missing neck feathers which have been like that for almost a year now.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Look at Honey’s muddy feet<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Amber also has those muddy feet<\/p><\/div>\n
I now find the little girl’s the easiest to photograph because they love to be close to me and if possible on eye level. This makes them so easy to get good shots so if there are more of them that is the reason why.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Honey poses for me again<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>All the girls gather around the coop during the downpour<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Amber in the coop<\/p><\/div>\n
Amber doesn’t like the sound of the heavy rain and retreats to the coop. I love the way Dotty and Pepper inspect from the doorway.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Pepper’s close up<\/p><\/div>\n
Pepper is still getting the last of her feathers through after her moult and has the little spiky feathers around her comb just like when her comb first grew. This gives her a quizzical look.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I got some good close ups of Dotty but not showing her neck<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dotty has missing neck feathers<\/p><\/div>\n
At bedtime dotty likes to stand on the coop roof and stretch, at last giving me a chance to show her neck. There is a v shaped bare patch under her beak. I really hope it doesn’t get any worse than this but we will have to just wait and see. I know from past experience that there is nothing I can do to stop this, I have tried everything before. I just have to hope for the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning when I went into the girls everything was good and they all looked beautiful. I visited them several times again up until lunch time. After lunch both my husband and I went in to them and the first … Continue reading