[plumseverywhere]

never had a chicken moult like this one    Maude, the white star, is positively oven ready. completely bare under her chest and looks like a trans naked neck. wings are stumpy little pokey bits of feather...
carpet of white feathers everywhere.
will it get anyworse?! do I need to get her one of those battery hen cardigans because I'm sure she's shivering.

[BlueDaisy]

My light sussex moult this way, but they do it quick - so it's not long before the new feathers are coming through. I didn't knit them any chicken vests or anything, but then I am mean!

[plumseverywhere]

  thanks Bluedaisy, hopefully maude will be feathered again soon then. she's shivering under a bush at the mo.
have ordered her a chicken cardi from ebay  I know, too soft to keep animals me!!

[Hermit]

I have a white turkey that goes almost bald right underneath exposing a very tasty looking plump turkey! She takes a while to get her new feathers through and  is now starting to resemble a hedgehog. I just make sure she has a warm bed to go to if she feels the cold and a bit extra corn. She does look a mess and is the same every year bless her.

[morri2]

OOOoo! Plums, can't you knit??      Must admit, I'm as daft as you are with my chickens, I've got knitted woolies for mine that has moulted too!  Its just typical that its gone mild now. 

[plumseverywhere]

LOL my knitting is a bit slooooooooooow! I'm still knitting  a newborn cardigan for my baby - she's 4 in january    better make it for my grandchildren now!!
glad to know I'm not the only one who is soft on my chooks lol.