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Showing posts with label molting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label molting. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2014
A Week of Fall Farm Pictures!
Fall is so beautiful on the farm. I feel like I can't take enough pictures! Enjoy and have a great week!
Friday, October 25, 2013
chickens!
Some fun chicken pictures. I have mentioned before that when it starts to get colder outside and the days get shorter, chickens 'molt' or lose all their feathers a few at a time to replace them with new feathers. My poor little hen looks so unhappy with her bald head and naked back. She will have feathers back soon! Look at the blue color of the feathers growing in on her back!
Also at this time of year when the days are shorter and they chickens are molting, the hens lay far fewer eggs. Growing new feathers takes alot of energy! Here is where our eggs come from:
The hens go into the little boxes to lay their eggs. They make alot of noise when they are laying eggs! Different hens lay different eggs. You can tell what color egg a chicken will lay by looking at the feathers on their ears. We'll look at some pictures of this on another day!
And lastly, everybody in the chicken house does perch to go to sleep. These hens and roosters are awake. They are probably wondering why I am in their house as evening is coming.
Also at this time of year when the days are shorter and they chickens are molting, the hens lay far fewer eggs. Growing new feathers takes alot of energy! Here is where our eggs come from:
The hens go into the little boxes to lay their eggs. They make alot of noise when they are laying eggs! Different hens lay different eggs. You can tell what color egg a chicken will lay by looking at the feathers on their ears. We'll look at some pictures of this on another day!
And lastly, everybody in the chicken house does perch to go to sleep. These hens and roosters are awake. They are probably wondering why I am in their house as evening is coming.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Saturday mornings on the farm
It's 930am and finally, I am sitting to eat breakfast. Many things happen on our farm by 930am. Here is some of what I happend this morning:
Happy dogs!
A ground hog visitor!
Visitors to the farm meeting 5 month old Buttercup!
Traveler meeting new friends!
And lastly, a check on Blanca the turkey who must have been cold last night as so many feathers are just starting to grow! Can you see all the short spikes coming out of her pink skin? All in neat rows. They are new feathers starting to grow. A chicken, turkey or duck loses feathers in the fall and then a new set of feathers grows back. This is molting and we talked about it earlier this week.
Have a great weekend and we'll see you next week!
Happy dogs!
A ground hog visitor!
Visitors to the farm meeting 5 month old Buttercup!
Traveler meeting new friends!
And lastly, a check on Blanca the turkey who must have been cold last night as so many feathers are just starting to grow! Can you see all the short spikes coming out of her pink skin? All in neat rows. They are new feathers starting to grow. A chicken, turkey or duck loses feathers in the fall and then a new set of feathers grows back. This is molting and we talked about it earlier this week.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Chickens and Turkeys molting
Meet my pretty hen Turkey, Blanca.
Blanca is having a bad feather day. Do you know why? In the autumn when the days get shorter and cooler, you may get sweaters out of the closet and go back to school. Chickens and turkeys have to replace their feathers. They lose their feathers a few at a time. During this time when the feathers are falling out and before they grow back, many people think the chickens or turkeys are sick, but they aren't! All of the feathers grow back so the bird has a new set of feathers before winter starts. The process of losing feathers and growing them again is called molting. Blanca will be back to having her warm, water resistant set of feathers in no time.
Blanca is having a bad feather day. Do you know why? In the autumn when the days get shorter and cooler, you may get sweaters out of the closet and go back to school. Chickens and turkeys have to replace their feathers. They lose their feathers a few at a time. During this time when the feathers are falling out and before they grow back, many people think the chickens or turkeys are sick, but they aren't! All of the feathers grow back so the bird has a new set of feathers before winter starts. The process of losing feathers and growing them again is called molting. Blanca will be back to having her warm, water resistant set of feathers in no time.
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