The girls are coming through the moult

The little girls go into the coop on their own every day now. The big girls have done so on a few of the colder days but most days they go to the coop roof and wait for me to lift them down and put them in. I am still hopeful that when we get the cold weather, which has been forecast to hit us soon, they will start to go in on their own.

When I lift Pepper down she now feels silky soft. All the prickly pin feathers have opened into silky new feathers.

When I lift Bluebell down she feels the same as she always has. She seems to have only lost a few feathers at a time and never looked noticeably different.

When I lift Dotty down she is still very prickly but it is getting a bit better. Dotty is a month younger than Pepper and starting to lay her eggs quite a bit later. I wonder if this is why she is also moulting later than Pepper.

Pepper looks almost fully feathered

Pepper never lost her tail like Dotty and in parts it still looks a little ragged. She still has some feathers to come in on her bottom and a few under feathers showing on her wings but she is fluffy and soft to the touch.

Bluebell never really looked any different

Bluebell would have an occasional loose feather and I have picked up some of her tail feathers from the run but she never looked different.

Dotty is looking better than she did apart from having no tail

The banty’s are looking quite good

All the photos above were taken yesterday.

Having their bedtime corn

These photos were taken today before bedtime. I think Dotty is looking much better.

The little girl’s have their black collar back again

This is Honey but both little girls are looking quite smart again.

Dotty’s tail feathers are growing

My husband commented that Dotty’s tail is growing and I think this photo shows it is. Dotty is on her way to being beautiful again.