Checking back in! I plucked the first feathers i'm pretty sure on october 9. Just yesterday (October 22) I noticed some new little stubs growing in. So for my birds, it takes about two weeks for the feathers to start growing back in.
Part 1- so the 4H guide to showing poultry recommends that you remove/pluck any broken feathers on a bird to prepare her a few months before the show. My girls are a little over a year so they have quite a few broken feathers, especially on their necks behind their ears. I pulled some of the...