Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

Fall landed hard here last night, we are getting lake effect rain, and our high today was about 56. Cold for the next week with rain off and on. More and more trees changing every day.

 

[TheDandyLion]

My buff orp is officially molting. A month earlier than last year. But a few hundred buff feathers floating about today. Of course if you looked at her, you could not tell where they are coming from yet. Last year in early October, she had a "power" molt. Came out to free range, got about 20 feet from the run, had a good shake and literally left a circle of feathers around her, and then a trail behind her as she ran to her favorite foraging spot. She didn't make it to fully bald last year, was over half though.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

My buff orp is officially molting. A month earlier than last year. But a few hundred buff feathers floating about today. Of course if you looked at her, you could not tell where they are coming from yet. Last year in early October, she had a "power" molt. Came out to free range, got about 20 feet from the run, had a good shake and literally left a circle of feathers around her, and then a trail behind her as she ran to her favorite foraging spot. She didn't make it to fully bald last year, was over half though.

Sorry for laughing but I was picturing it in my head, her shaking and leaving a circle of feathers and trail

 

[TheDandyLion]

Oh laugh all you want, I was. I had no problem locating her in the yard that day. Just had to follow the trail Wasn't nearly as dramatic today. Just oh 5 or 6 here and there, and 40-50 where she had a bath, similar amount on the coop this morning and whereever she sat in the run today. I was waiting for the post bath shake to see a show, but alas, not yet. Maybe later.