I waffled on in an earlier post about Tu-Tu losing so many feathers overnight. So Titian decided to show me what an extensive moult
really looks like, and what she could achieve in just two days.
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| This is just the start! |
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| Just look at that thigh! |
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| Titian wonders if this is her best bit |
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| Tu-Tu is mightily impressed |
The other thing that has amazed me is how quickly new feathers are appearing and how fast they are growing. On Saturday feathers flew in all directions as she walked; there was a brown blizzard when she had a good shake! Her bare patches were smooth.
By Sunday morning, there were tiny bumps in her skin, which had broken through by the afternoon to become dark little spikes - still really small. When I let her out this morning, there had been definite growth overnight.
So in two days I've gone from wondering whether I should attempt to knit her a woolly jumper, to realising she'll be well covered by the time winter sets in.
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