sawilliams
Songster
What is the worst molt you have seen on one of your hens? Do you have one that goes bare? Or maybe one that seems to only lose a few at a time? What about that one that you could swear a chicken got killed last night but nope she's just molting?
I don't have one yet that bares it all for the world to see most of my girls goes naked neck for a few weeks drop thier tail feathers and pretty soon look normal again. But i do have one that seems to lose more feathers then she has but barely looks like she's lose a single one. Well that is unless you get a good look at her.
Black Betty is a black astralorph/easter egger and at first glance you would likely never guess she had started her molt. But the coop floor tells a different story, she's my only black hen so i can't attribute the seemingly pounds of black feathers under her corner spot on the roost to anyone but Black Betty. And unless you get a good look at her it's hard to believe she's lost a single one, but that's when you notice this normally big round plush bird looks like a small, thin, almost sickly looking version of herself. No bald spots just a little thinning around her waddle and a dry feathered version off what a wet cat looks like after a bath.
So who's molt intrigues you the most? Do you baffle for a few days trying to figure out who's feathers are everywhere? Or do you look at your girls and say oh it's that time of year?
I don't have one yet that bares it all for the world to see most of my girls goes naked neck for a few weeks drop thier tail feathers and pretty soon look normal again. But i do have one that seems to lose more feathers then she has but barely looks like she's lose a single one. Well that is unless you get a good look at her.
Black Betty is a black astralorph/easter egger and at first glance you would likely never guess she had started her molt. But the coop floor tells a different story, she's my only black hen so i can't attribute the seemingly pounds of black feathers under her corner spot on the roost to anyone but Black Betty. And unless you get a good look at her it's hard to believe she's lost a single one, but that's when you notice this normally big round plush bird looks like a small, thin, almost sickly looking version of herself. No bald spots just a little thinning around her waddle and a dry feathered version off what a wet cat looks like after a bath.
So who's molt intrigues you the most? Do you baffle for a few days trying to figure out who's feathers are everywhere? Or do you look at your girls and say oh it's that time of year?
