Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[TheDandyLion]

Went from getting 1-2 eggs a day since late November, to zero again. Started about a week or two ago now. I know my BR was laying again after molting, but she's decided to take a break again.

My SLW has finally decided to give molting a proper go. She now has no tail, bald spots on her chest, and her thigh and saddle feathers are falling out quickly. She looks rough, and is currently sitting on the roost, refusing to leave. Everyone else look fantastic. Silly bird had to wait until 2025 to get her new coat.

Someone told me she may become more white, anyone here experience that with SLWs?

Happy new years folks.

 

[Folly's place]

Happy New Year!!!
Mary

 

[chickflick]

Happy New Year!

 

[chickflick]

CHICKENSTOCK 2025
JUNE 28 10am-3pm
Delta Mills Park
7001 Old River Trail
Lansing, MI 48917
A time to put faces to the names you have been chatting with on BYC. Bring a dish to share. bring a thingy for our drawing.

 

[Sally PB]

ChickenStock! YAY!!!

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Got a new boy yesterday from a friend definitely hatching his babies this year. I love his colors. Specially to our girl Goldy who has a terrible personality but she's so pretty lol

He found his place tonight up on the highest roosts with the majority of the girls.

 

[Chickin Fairy]

Went from getting 1-2 eggs a day since late November, to zero again. Started about a week or two ago now. I know my BR was laying again after molting, but she's decided to take a break again.

My SLW has finally decided to give molting a proper go. She now has no tail, bald spots on her chest, and her thigh and saddle feathers are falling out quickly. She looks rough, and is currently sitting on the roost, refusing to leave. Everyone else look fantastic. Silly bird had to wait until 2025 to get her new coat.

Someone told me she may become more white, anyone here experience that with SLWs?

Happy new years folks.

I have a SLW that actually became darker after her first moult, but I'll have to keep an eye on her to see if this is true.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

CHICKENSTOCK 2025
JUNE 28 10am-3pm
Delta Mills Park
7001 Old River Trail
Lansing, MI 48917
A time to put faces to the names you have been chatting with on BYC. Bring a dish to share. bring a thingy for our drawing.

Thank you for the info!! I will bookmark it!

 

[Chickin Fairy]

High-stepping chicken? I have a hen who high-steps at different times of the year, when she is broody, mostly, and then it goes away. Sometimes, she walks like this in the snow, but there isn't any snow in their run. She's doing the high-stepping thing again, but she's at the end of her moult and her feathers are coming in. I haven't had any issues with bumblefoot and the birds haven't been out for a week because of the snow. Any thoughts?

I've attached a picture. The hen in question is the black one with her back to the camera. Her right leg is pulled up almost into her armpit as she walks.