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bumpkins

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • North Petherton, Somerset
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Moulting already???
« on: July 30, 2015, 10:54:08 pm »
Hi all  :wave:
Has anyone else's chucks started to moult yet?  One of my more determined broodys did last month now closely followed by a couple of others.  It looks as though they have had a pillow fight in the coop and Rosie my Australorp is now running around with a very bare bum.  There are no mites or lice to be seen and they have all been wormed.  I can't think of any other reason!  Laying has dropped to just 7 out of 20 but they are all healthy and happy - I'm just wondering if it is the weather.  The temperature up here in Caithness hasn't risen much above 13 or 14C for ages.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?  Thanks  ???

doganjo

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Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2015, 10:59:52 pm »
I have one moulting now and one not long finished, just growing her feathers back now.  So no eggs from either for weeks.
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Eve

  • Joined Jul 2010
Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2015, 12:35:48 am »
I have a few moulting, we're in the south and it's not exactly warm here either.

Summer? What summer? :(

kelly58

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Highlands, Scotland
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Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2015, 08:20:22 am »
I would put it down to the weather, like you say , we have had no' Summer'  sunshine up here in Caithness.
My greenhouse  is a sorry state  :-\  Poor chucks dont know what to be doing. Mine have stopped laying.
As for the docks ! If we could eat them l wouldnt need to shop !  Weird weather

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2015, 09:08:34 am »
Yep, we have some starting to moult. They haven't laid for a few weeks either  :(
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Melmarsh

  • Joined May 2014
Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2015, 08:40:10 pm »
Yes one of my bantams has been moulting, now the cockerel is loosing feathers fast. I'm in the south and we've had a lovely summer in North Dorset  :sunshine:

bumpkins

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • North Petherton, Somerset
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Re: Moulting already???
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2015, 08:58:43 pm »
Thanks everyone - my mind's a bit more at rest now! :relief:

 

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