[chooknewbie]

Help!!!!!!...Harriet and the others have moulted and during the process lost some leg rings....i think i know who is who but othertimes i am just not positive...*L*... do their feathers grow back with the same patterns?? (used to know one specifically due to her feather colours but as yet no sign of them being the same as before)   :shock:  

so am currently stuck! :oops:

[Foxy]

They should moult into a brighter version of their old feathers!

[chooknewbie]

gawd i do hope so....    Harriet had a distinctive white collar and as yet there is no sign of it.... i will keep my fingers crossed then!!    

ta Foxy

[Bodger]

I've had birds that have gone from being black to white in three seasons of moulting. This is quite extreme but the answer is "No" they don't always moult into the colour that they were pre moult and its not just a matter of them moulting into cleaner fresher plumage.

As an example, here are two pictures of the same bird. This took place in just one moult.


From this





To this.

[sunshinemedic]

Amazing change, Bodger! Excellent pics too!

Question: In the second pic the chook looks like it is wearing leg irons? What is that?

[Nogger]

I wished my girls looked as good as that ,










Show me to my girls

[Foxy]

love the piccy Nogger...isn't he missing something??  

[Nogger]

love the piccy Nogger...isn't he missing something??  

whats that Foxy yuv got me their



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[Knight Family]

Love the Pic!!!

[Fat Hen]

Help!!!!!!...Harriet and the others have moulted and during the process lost some leg rings....i think i know who is who but othertimes i am just not positive...*L*... do their feathers grow back with the same patterns?? (used to know one specifically due to her feather colours but as yet no sign of them being the same as before)   :shock:  

so am currently stuck! :oops:

I'm in a similar position with my 2 ex bats (sarah & elle), for best part of a year they were quite distinctive and easy to tell apart.  Last few months though the differences have almost disappeared and now i'm only guessing who is who.

Sarah (i was convinced it was Sarah) has recently had a bout of sour crop and spent a couple of days inside house in a pet carrier though daughter was equally convinced it was Elle.  She's fine now BTW (first prob since Rita and her cancerous growth last jan).

Polly (my Sultan) is moulting at present, it must be blooming cold for her as she must have shed 3/4 of her feathers.  They are now growing back and she is the scruffiest chick you could ever wish to meet.

[chickenlady]

:shock:  Ive got all this to look forward to next year as my girls are too young this year! but i will be well prepared

[chooknewbie]

aw gawd....lol...this could be fun then. It wasnt a full moult thankfully, and they are just about sorted now i think, but am stuck with names. i will take some pics later if i get a chance and show you what i mean.

gorgeous cock by the way bodger      :shock:  

[Bodger]

So I'm told. :oops:  :oops:  :oops: