My Silly Hen
Usually our chickens go through a very discreet winter moult, losing one little patch of feathers at a time, so you hardly notice it's happening. But not Eleanor. Poor girl–she seems to have dropped half her feathers at once. She looks like half a chicken. Fortunately chickens don't spend much time looking in the mirror, so she has no idea how silly she looks. Also–luckily for her–it has not been terribly cold yet. I hate the idea of her dropping all her feathers just when she needs them to keep her warm at night.
Poor silly hen.. but it is so natural that they are falling some feathers. Eventually it will get back..
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