The Poultry Keeper

Knobby · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: Moulting ??

I never had a chook go thru a "proper" moult, so dont really know what this could be........ I got home last night, feathers everywhere ! Inside the house & outside, I first thought Mr Fox had been Shocked

But all chooks were accounted for, Pheww....Just one of the Orps was looking really rather bald, she was fine on Sunday/Monday. No visable marks on her and she seems ok.....
Is this Moulting ? I wouldnt have thought it happened so quick, or perhaps something got in the pen and she played the Hero ?

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Dunno, but sometimes there are a load of feathers in my run, and nothing can get in there at them, I put it down to an arguement between the girls or Charlie getting a bit too amorous. Confused

Knobby · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject:

Mmmm....Im talking bag fulls of feathers tho' ! Confused

And Mr Chook is only a bantie, so hes too small to try anything ! She just Looks down at him and barges past ! Very Happy

stephen · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject:

One of ours, Ben, dumped every feather just about in a single day. She was just out of being broody, too, so she was very distressed about it, poor thing.

Carla is currently moulting. As she flaps around the pen a flurry of feathers fall behind.

NannyP · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

Blue has gone bald whilst I've been away, she looks really weird. I'm sure it's a moult, and they all seem to maoult differently. It's been really hard to tell Muppet from Blue recently Very Happy

Knobby · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

Oh....ok. perhaps Im worrying about nothing then !

Thanks

Heather · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

Awwww it's only because you're a big old softie Smile

We'd all be the same Wink

if we didn't know

Pete&Jackie · Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire

As you know our Wyandottes have been suffering with the moult this last week or so. Very dramatic, lots of feathers and because of it they were off their food for 2 or 3 days as well. Now the new ones have started to appear again they are eating all the time!! Weird things Chickens!! Rolling Eyes

debcat · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: Moulting ??

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

one of them did the same thing ,took it in to let oh see and he said she's already plucked just put her in the oven
they've all grown back now and she looks like a blackrock again
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