Currently reading through last fall...the molt...my adults are molting (based upon the feathers I'm finding: no naked backs) (the babies are too but expected at 9-10 weeks). Is a hard molt breed related? Or will a bird have a hard molt (naked pincushion) one year and a gradual another? If the latter, ideas on cause? If the first, which breeds are more prone to it? We've been known to get the occasional summer snowstorm (rare, but it happens), endangering naked pincushion birds.
Charlie had a really hard moult last year, and this year it wasn’t so hard.
 
Those eyes! :love :love
Does she always have long toenails like that? I never thought about toe nail clipping before for chickens - I need to go inspect mine!
Sometimes her claws are long and sometimes they wear down. I asked Dr Mark about it and he said it really doesn't matter.
 

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