Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Not having personal history with these chickens, not knowing them well makes that harder, doesn't it? You have a kind heart, a great deal of experience, and you do your best. No one could ask for more.

x2 Hang in there, Shad. How is Lima today?

 

[Marie2020]

This reminded me of poor Aurora last winter.

It's so frustrating when they don't let you help them

 

[RoyalChick]

This reminded me of poor Aurora last winter.

Oh I do remember that - "this plan isn't working out" still makes me laugh!

 

[Marie2020]

Well that is reassuring from a warmth perspective and also makes some kind of weird genetic disease less likely.
I did some academic searches and seems we don't know much about molting really.
Dotty does not appear to have molted to any meaningful degree whereas Minnie same breed, same age has been hit hard.
Diana doesn't seem to do a conventional molt - she loses the odd feather throughout the year and now I am noticing these really worn out feathers here and there that are not being shed.
Hopefully this is just a quirk of Sansa's and she will stay warm with her new fluff - outer feathers are a waterproofing layer so don't let her go out in the wet.
Hoping it all is OK.

Thank you, Amber will be banned from going out in the rain from now on . That'll be a hard job

 

[Shadrach]

Sansa's Molt

Sansa has been molting since before 9/7/21 as documented in this post.

Post in thread 'Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock' https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-24881422

That has he molt s over 60 days now. I am getting concerned. I have never had one last this long. Plus is seems her old feathers have fallen apart but not out. Bald patches would make more sense. Look closely at these photos.

Has anyone ever seen this before? I am getting very concerned that something is wrong.

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Have you checked her for feather mite Bob?

 

[LozzyR]

I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but the proportions seem a little off. The head is scaled larger than the body and the limbs are short. Again, I can't be certain if this was a purposeful choice. The ear is a bit far back on the skull. Otherwise the face and shading of the human form is done very nicely.

No, it definitely wasn’t intentional. I worked out that because I had the pad at an angle between 45 and 90 degrees from my POV, it was in perspective from that angle. As soon as it was upright to take the photo, that’s when I noticed the perspective was out.

The head and the body were taken from different photos. I actually marked where everything was by putting the pad against the computer screen and doing a basic trace of the main features, so the ear is in the correct place. I changed the zoom size three times before I settled on that one, but now I realise why I couldn’t get the perspective right. I’d really like to try again with an easel and larger canvas so I can get the entire body in. But thank you for your input!

Tax:

 

[Marie2020]

Have you checked her for feather mite Bob?

I'll be getting them all done for mites regardless tomorrow or asap.

 

[Shadrach]

Someone asked me if Lima still visited my lap. I'm sorry I can't remember who and I can't find the post.
Today.
Just about to make the jump.

Made it but didn't settle.

 

[featherhead007]

It's so frustrating when they don't let you help them

Very true

 

[BY Bob]

OMG, yes, the Hattie photo is amazing!

It was so lucky. I was not even trying to get a picture of her. I caught her by accident.