My older chickens, Leah and Goldi are both molting, and Strawberry and Harley still haven't begun to lay. I had to (gasp!) buy eggs for the first time in almost a year this week.
Egg laying usually stops during molting because all of the nutrients the chickens ingest goes toward making new winter feathers. Quick-molting chickens are desirable. Before Leah started to molt, her eggs got very soft and watery.
Strawberry, the Buff Orpington, has become quite a magnificent looking girl. I don't think she realizes that she's now much bigger than the others, and could probably be a "Queen Bee" if she weren't so used to being bullied. Get tough, Strawberry!
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Ours haven't begun molting yet...another adventure to look forward to.
BTW--love the name strawberry!
I'll have to catch up here; haven't been reading OR writing blogs. How difficult is it to keep chickens corralled from marauding pets/wildlife? How many eggs are you getting? or should I just read your blog and all will be revealed?
Ha! Great video - question is: does Strawberry also like linguini? Fettucine? Another question: have she and another one of the chickens ever re-enacted that classic spaghetti-eating scene in The Lady and the Tramp? :)
Maybe she thinks they are worms.
What a pretty girl!
I always wanted Buff Orpingtons.
On a related note; Do you read Dorothy Sayers' novels?
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