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help, one of my white stars is losing its feathers around its neck and has a bare bottom. It sits there and seems to sometimes be pulling its feathers out itself. The other white star has a pull on its feathers every now and then and then just does not bother and our gold line doesnt do any pulling. Is this normal
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Have you checked for parasits???...no idea - but just a thought
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Moulting????Hayley B
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Do chickens moult this time of year??Comment
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My coop is full of feathers every morning!Originally posted by Dane End Dolly View Post
My new ex-batts are moulting as are some of my second year birds. It's a tad late but maybe the late October sun has thrown them out a bit. It's normally late summer.
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Ours are just coming out of moult, Bibs looks like she's an oven-ready again
Hayley B
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Mine don't seem to have done much of a moult. But I notice Chappy, the Cuckoo Marans, is now part grey speckled and part brown speckled - what's that all about?
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Tricolour collies (and other breeds too for all I know!) go rusty on their black parts when they're dropping coat so maybe your Marans in doing the same!Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
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A lot of my birds are second laying year birds which makes them three years old.
This year they are now in full moult whereas in previous years they have just had a neck moult. When they are moulting they stop laying, which is the beauty of having a flock of varying ages as you will still get a few eggs from tuthers.
One of my mini flocks are just starting to lay for what I think is there first season.
I'm so glad I bought or hatched my birds at varying times as succession seems to be the name of the game!
Still haven't planned for if and when they all come into lay...............don't know whether my honesty box will take the strain of 30 eggs per day!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
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Snadger, it'll soon be worth you printing your own logo on your own egg boxes. I think it should be the donated doors coop you made with one fluffy feather drifting out of it and a hen with a goofy grin
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When I built that coop I built a nestbox into it. Because the recent chooks I put into it weren't laying, I took the straw out of the nestbox and placed their feeder in there out of the way.Originally posted by Eco-Chic View PostSnadger, it'll soon be worth you printing your own logo on your own egg boxes. I think it should be the donated doors coop you made with one fluffy feather drifting out of it and a hen with a goofy grin
On opening the coop door yesterday I found two eggs on the coop floor! I hastily removed the feeder and replemished the straw in the nestbox, the feeder, after replemishment has been moved to another spot.
Hopefully if any eggs are layed today, it will be in the nestbox!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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