The pain of the molt this time of year is quite evident with naked chickens throughout the yard! Here our poor "Chester" is as naked as a jay bird! This tie of year, with the daylight reducing, birds loose their summer feathers and bring in their winter feathers as well as down to keep them warm. It can be a painful process with decreased eating and laying as they are using their energy to pop new feathers through their skin. Eating can decrease and they become down right cranky. Just today we only collected about a half a dozen eggs! We normally get about 2-3 a day with 60 chickens!
This girl was getting a sip out of the birdbath and shook as her feathers went everywhere.
Oh sweety, the pain!
Our blind chicken "Helen" is just a naked mess! "Helen" get some clothes on will ya!
Our oldest rooster, "Henry" is just a mess! Henry is an old man at 7 years of age. He still rules the roost though. The other roosters seem him coming and they run! Henry is getting some new growth on his chest. You have a bit of empathy as they all just look so horrible.
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