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Straw color in Self Blue/Lavenders

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Don:
Temple, the pictures of the birds at the different stages of feather moult would be very helpful.  It would be nice to get another picture of the same male in profile to compare to the younger picture.  And If you have pictures of the females?  Are you seeing any yellowing of the feathers in the old hens this time of year?

Temple DaSilva:

--- Quote from: Don on August 13, 2016, 05:18:45 PM ---Temple, the pictures of the birds at the different stages of feather moult would be very helpful.  It would be nice to get another picture of the same male in profile to compare to the younger picture.  And If you have pictures of the females?  Are you seeing any yellowing of the feathers in the old hens this time of year?

--- End quote ---

I haven't noticed a lot of feathers in any of the Self Blue pens yet but I'll try to get some better before and after molt pics of the two cock birds and a couple of the hens who are now showing a few slightly yellowed feathers in their backs.  It's much more prominent in the males and seems to be primarily in their hackles and saddles - where I expected it to appear as leakage - but it is appearing in random feathers on the females, too.  None of the younger birds from my Dec/Jan hatches are showing any discoloration whatsoever and they are housed together.

This will be very interesting to see how it unfolds. Now I'm hoping these boys go through a hard molt!

-temple

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