{"id":9704,"date":"2014-11-29T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2014-11-29T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T17:12:59","slug":"a-change-in-feather-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=9704","title":{"rendered":"A change in feather patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes after the moult the girl&#8217;s feather patterns change. Last year after the moult Amber&#8217;s feathers came back in with a lot more black speckles on her back. This year Honey&#8217;s feathers have come back in with black speckles on her breast where there were none before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9721\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/honey_with_new_speckles.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9721\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/honey_with_new_speckles.jpg\" alt=\"Honey now has speckles on her breast\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey now has speckles on her breast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I quite like seeing their feather patterns change and find the speckles quite pretty.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Amber&#8217;s neck feathers have very nearly filled in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9722\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ambers_neck_is-almost_filled_in.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9722\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ambers_neck_is-almost_filled_in.jpg\" alt=\"Amber's neck is almost filled in\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber&#8217;s neck is almost filled in<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the best Amber has looked for a long time and I am hopeful she will be fully feathered at last. Even if she doesn&#8217;t get any better than this at least she no longer has patches of bare skin showing.<\/p>\n<p>Finally Sparkle has got her fluffy bottom back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9724\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sparkle_has-a_fluffy_bottom.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9724\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sparkle_has-a_fluffy_bottom.jpg\" alt=\"Sparkle has a fluffy bottom\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sparkle has a fluffy bottom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9727\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/topaz_is_two_toned.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9727\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/topaz_is_two_toned.jpg\" alt=\"Topaz is two toned\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topaz is two toned<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Topaz now has light and dark gold feathers. I am not sure if she will stay two toned or if the dark ones will gradually drop out. I don&#8217;t mind either way as looks pretty like this.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9728\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/emerald_has_a_white_tipped_feather.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9728\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/emerald_has_a_white_tipped_feather.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald has a white tipped feather\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald has a white tipped feather<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Emerald now has a white tipped wing feather. She has such glossy black feathers shimmering with green and purple but this is the first time she has had a bit of white.<\/p>\n<p>It is always a lovely surprise to see how their new feathers look and I am so pleased to see them all feathered again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes after the moult the girl&#8217;s feather patterns change. Last year after the moult Amber&#8217;s feathers came back in with a lot more black speckles on her back. 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