[kimT]

This is our big Faverolle who is nearly featherless and now the weather is getting quite chilly I am worried she will get cold. When the new feather pins are pushing through full of blood they look so painful ............ouch!

[Aunt Sally]

At least she doesn't look like this poor chook  :shock:

 

[azubah]

I've never seen anything like that outside a butchers, aunt sally. When did you take the picture? Is she growing feathers now?
Yours is turning into a hedgehog KimT

[agapanthus]

At least she doesn't look like this poor chook  :shock:

 

That's awful Aunty!!!!  :cry:

[FCG]

Seems like a naked neck bird to me...

Flipping heck KimT.. that is one bald bird. Seems like someone's going to have to get knitting eh?

[Vember]

One of my Buff Orps has just had a real bad moult like yours Kim, I wondered if it had any thing to do with our weird weather this year???


Sarah

[richyrich7]

At least she doesn't look like this poor chook  :shock:

 

Thats what you call oven ready  

[Aunt Sally]

These poor birds have been bred never to have feathers

http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Naked-Chickens-Israel22may02.htm

[Ice]

These poor birds have been bred never to have feathers

http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Naked-Chickens-Israel22may02.htm

Now that is wrong on so many levels.

[Kate and her Ducks]

That's horrible! Why would anyone do that? Its like people who breed cats without fur!

[kimT]

I agree with you Kate it's shocking :shock:

[Foxy]

One of my Buff Orps has just had a real bad moult like yours Kim, I wondered if it had any thing to do with our weird weather this year???


Sarah

I always thought that a fast moult was a sign of a healthy, strong bird, as opposed to a slow moult which used to indicate a poor layer. Birds which moult quickly usually get back to the business of laying quicker too.
It does look awful though..... :shock:

[turnip]

Hi,  Kim t ,     I'm new to the hen house and was looking for advice when i saw your photos, thank you so much for these as one of my girls Poppy looks the same and i was getting really worriedabout her.  My girls are about 2years old and didnt moult this much last year  so its good to know that she is ok!   Jenny looks fine so i couldnt work out why only one of them was turning into a hedgehog!  Thanks again for the help everyone,  from turnip.

[Oliveview]

Our hens are still moulting- the older ones anyway.  Yesterday I thought one ws bleeding- it was just the new feathers coming through.  I´ll be glad when they go back to laying properly- we´ve had them on strike now for 2 months thereabouts
Pamela
ps Aunt Sally, your naked hen looks like the ´Rooster of Morón de la Frontera´

www.mon-photo.com/.../images/morongallo_jpg.jpg

[kimT]

Hi Turnip and welcome.

I'm glad the pictures helped but last year she didn't moult anywhere near as bad as this year hence the pic's - they can look truely dreadful when it's a heavy moult.