The improvement in the appearance of my ex-batts has been amazing. Margot looks like a normal hen - she was always the most feathered. Flora is looking OK, but she seems to have a very bald neck and top of head. I remember Patsy looking like that when she moulted - I find it hard to believe that Flora should be moulting so soon, but as she seems otherwise well I shall just watch and see. Utterly butterly has grown an entire new set of fluffy feathers all over her bottom and even her stumpy tail feathers are beginning to regrow. her wings still look a little skeletal, but I'm pretty pleased with them all.
Here is the Photo Album that details their recovery.
Amber is a bit of a worry. She seems to have dirty bottom feathers and one of the hens is laying softies - my suspicion is that it is Amber. I've been giving her doses of limestone flour and I chicken-spice them up periodically but nothing seems to change. She seems very well in herself so I shall give her bottom a wash in warm soapy water today and not only take a close look, but see if that will do the trick. I've been reading the chicken clinic forum on the omlet website - and people often suggest that this could be a sign of worms. However I wormed them all quite recently with flubenvet. Still, if I see no improvement in a couple of weeks, another worming probably won't do them any harm.
