MJ's little flock

[Shadrach]

I don't mind nutters. I'm the woman with Campines, remember.

Could I ever forget.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Alice's feathers are starting to open up. Except for her head and tail she may be fully covered again by the end of the week !

Phew!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Shadrach]

Alice's feathers are starting to open up. Except for her head and tail she may be fully covered again by the end of the week !

Phew!

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She's getting there.

 

[Shadrach]

Punch and Mag bathing beauties.

 

[BY Bob]

Punch and Mag bathing beauties.
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That looks like an excellent bath spot! Smart chooks!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Today's Alice photo

Not much skin to be seen now!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

How are your girls going MJ? Any moulting?

 

[MaryJanet]

How are your girls going MJ? Any moulting?

Alice is really looking good! Still a way to go, but she's not scary-bald any more.

Well, Janet's back feathers are a bit sparse on her and a bit thick on the ground. But I'm excited to see her flight feathers growing in! They'd been cut back before I met her. For the first time since we met, she's not laying.



Mary seems to be at the end of her moult. Perhaps there are a few butt fluffs to drop out and regrow, but otherwise she's looking pretty good. If last winter is any indication, she won't be laying til Spring.



Peggy and Ivy don't seem to be moulting, but maybe they're replacing just a few feathers. Every now and then I see one of Ivy's downy feathers on the ground.

All four are eating well. Lots of manufactured food, both pellets and grain mix, lots of foraging, and one shared treat each day. They're not thrilled by these new pellets we're trying, but they're nibbling at them in a mash with their grain mixed in.

Here's Ivy making her daily Jacaranda inspection