Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I have seen pins dispersed between ratty old feathers. Flo looks a little bit like that.

That is also reassuring. I need to weigh her and look her over closely. I may try and grab her up tonight.

 

[Blazinga]

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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Platina has these too, feathers with fibers only on the tip. Although it looks like she's molting out of them. I wonder if these feathers inform nutrition. I cannot make a direct conclusion, but just to be safe I'd check thiamine levels in what has been eaten. Of course, in my case medicated feed was blocking the Thiamine.

 

[featherhead007]

Believe it or not, there are ten chooks under this porch (Cold outside, so they are just hanging out)

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Sorting through about 100 pictures I just took looking for monday mugs. But first I'll leave this one here to start. Bubba and his bodyguard Branch.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

More mugs.

 

[Scrambles83]

I did a training with Daisy, the greatest hen ever, for my animal behavioral science course where I taught her that the meal worms were always under the blue cup. No matter how many other cups I gave her to choose from, she always pecked the blue one.

Sadly I lost those videos, along with one of her laying an egg, when I dropped my previous tablet to the cement floor in the basement and it folded in half.

The was for the tablet mishap.
But that’s so cool you taught Daisy that, love it!

 

[featherhead007]

BoPeeps laid an egg. (And the whole neighborhood heard about it)! I might as well tell BYC too!

 

[featherhead007]

BoPeeps laid an egg. (And the whole neighborhood heard about it)! I might as well tell BYC too!

The way she was carrying on, you’d think she won a lottery $$$$

 

[RoyalChick]

More mugs.
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What a fine collection !

 

[featherhead007]

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