{"id":9485,"date":"2014-10-29T10:24:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T10:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9485"},"modified":"2014-10-29T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T10:24:39","slug":"topaz-is-going-through-a-second-stage-of-the-moult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9485","title":{"rendered":"Topaz is going through a second stage of the moult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topaz seemed to have half a moult and then stop. I thought that that was it and maybe she was done for this year. I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, at first light, I opened up the nest box and this was what I found.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9511\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_feathers_in_the_nest_box.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9511\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_feathers_in_the_nest_box.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of Topaz's feathers in the nest box \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pile of Topaz&#8217;s feathers in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I took the nest box off and this was what was in the coop underneath the nest box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9512\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_feathers_underneath_the_nest_box.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_feathers_underneath_the_nest_box.jpg\" alt=\"An explosion of Topaz's feathers\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An explosion of Topaz&#8217;s feathers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think this is the most feathers I have seen in one go. The strange thing is that Topaz doesn&#8217;t look any different this morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9514\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_doesnt_look_like_she-has_dropped_that_many_feathers.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9514\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/topaz_doesnt_look_like_she-has_dropped_that_many_feathers.jpg\" alt=\"Topaz doesn't look like she has just dropped that many feathers\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topaz doesn&#8217;t look like she has just dropped that many feathers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is odd how they all moult so differently. I think Topaz must have had her new feathers underneath because the coop looks like there has been an explosion in there and yet Topaz looks as good as ever.<\/p>\n<p>Sparkle hasn&#8217;t laid an egg for five days now so I think she has now stopped laying. I am finding just a few feathers each day from her. If she is going to lose as many feathers as Topaz she has a long way still to go but they do all seem to moult in their own unique way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topaz seemed to have half a moult and then stop. I thought that that was it and maybe she was done for this year. I was wrong. 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