Emerald and Toffee have been moulting for five weeks now. There has been a constant stream of feathers to pick up each morning but finally they are slowing down. They both lost their tails two weeks ago but their new tail feathers have now grown back in. They are both looking pretty good now.
Toffee is looking good after her moult
Toffee has her tail back
Emerald also has her tail back
Emerald shows off her long neck
I love how these two game birds have such a long neck when they stretch yet it completely disappears when they are relaxed. We wondered if that’s where the expression “wind your neck in” comes from.
That’s the first two through the moult, only four more adults to go and the two chicks to get all their grown up feathers in and then we are done.
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Then you start all over again . 🙂
True enough but not until next year. Got a way to go with this one first though. I seem to spend a lot of time picking up feathers.
LOVE LOVE LOVE that purple / green sheen to Emerald’s feathers. She is sooo pretty.
She is pretty. She looks different in different lights. In bright sunlight she shimmers with green, hence her name Emerald, but in other lights she looks more purple.