Happy Harvest Blog
Pincushion chickens
Hurricane’s over. The three are back to trying to sleep in the tree. SO stubborn. It’s cooling off at nights, so it’s a good time for the hens to grow their feathers back. It’s such a relief when they start to refeather, because they go naked for what seems like terribly long, and it looks so uncomfortable I worry, and then one day, they come out in little spikes all over that unroll into feathers.
Chicken jackets
Now that the weather is cooling off, it's time to put jackets on my chickens. No! That's a joke. A few of my hens need jackets because they're molting or have their feathers damaged from mating. Chicken aprons (so-called because they look like an apron when they're flat), or saddles (for the rooster to ride) are for protecting their backs while their feathers grow back. Cheeks has bare raw patches on her shoulders from mating, but what can you do? She doesn't have to always be with that rooster. I made a version with shoulder protectors.
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