Moultwatch

We thought that the girls had been sensible this year and got their moults out of the way before the main onset of winter. A reasonable assumption until a couple of weeks ago, when Florence went from fully-feathered to 3/4 naked in 12 hours flat...

Thankfully, despite snow and wind, it had been significantly warmer than the -5 temperatures she pulled the same trick in last year. After two weeks of spiny bald patches, the feathers are beginning to emerge from their casings, and Flo starts to regain at least a little dignity...