Texas

[janiedoe]

@Vickie9304
Welcome to BYC & to the Texas thread!

 

[WingItRanch]

So we just checked our game camera photos and there's a peacock in our woods?!

Had to Google it. Apparently wild peacocks are a thing in Texas. I had no clue!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

So we just checked our game camera photos and there's a peacock in our woods?!

Had to Google it. Apparently wild peacocks are a thing in Texas. I had no clue!
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I had no clue either, crazy!

 

[Hensintexas]

Have anyone else’s hens been in a heavy moult? Our blue stars and barred rocks look pitiful with no tail feathers and naked necks!
Feathers feathers everywhere!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Have anyone else’s hens been in a heavy moult? Our blue stars and barred rocks look pitiful with no tail feathers and naked necks!
Feathers feathers everywhere!

Tis the season, lol. I have a few molting now; others molted a couple months ago. It's just a part of having chickens. I have one lady that always seems to wait until it gets cold then drops her feathers crazy fast.

 

[janiedoe]

So we just checked our game camera photos and there's a peacock in our woods?!

Had to Google it. Apparently wild peacocks are a thing in Texas. I had no clue!
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Lucky you! I've never had one show up but I have a friend who had three living in the woods nearby for several years.

 

[janiedoe]

Have anyone else’s hens been in a heavy moult? Our blue stars and barred rocks look pitiful with no tail feathers and naked necks!
Feathers feathers everywhere!

Several of mine are.

 

[GreenJay]

Have anyone else’s hens been in a heavy moult? Our blue stars and barred rocks look pitiful with no tail feathers and naked necks!
Feathers feathers everywhere!

Scruffy cranky hens and apparently determined to drag it out as long as possible with staggered starts. Really girls, you're all the same age why is this one just now starting when that one started a month ago?! Nobody is getting sweaters when the cold front blows in!

I would think they'd be better off moulting in August when it's hotter than blazes, who needs feathers then?

 

[WingItRanch]

Scruffy cranky hens and apparently determined to drag it out as long as possible with staggered starts. Really girls, you're all the same age why is this one just now starting when that one started a month ago?! Nobody is getting sweaters when the cold front blows in!

I would think they'd be better off moulting in August when it's hotter than blazes, who needs feathers then?

That's all you need.. a bunch of naked sunburned chickens in August. Extra crispy!

 

[GreenJay]

That's all you need.. a bunch of naked sunburned chickens in August. Extra crispy!

They can compare tan lines!