RidgeCreekFarm
Chirping
This fall/ winter has been our girls first moult; and I thought they were all finally done (they did it 1 or 2 at a time). However, I was looking over them today and noticed the flock queen is looking kind of ratty and when I caught her I discovered some bare patches on her underside and under her tail feathers. It looks like a moult to me, but her comb is still bright red. Do combs always go pale during moult, or can it stay red sometimes? The weather has been swinging wildly here so don’t know if maybe that is a factor. Just to be safe, I’ll also be checking for mites tonight, but wanted some other opinions!