Fluffed up hen

[dinosaw]

You might find a look at this interesting Rick. This keeper photographed their chickens through three different moults and their markings clearly change each time. http://blog.mypetchicken.com/2012/10/31/molting-hens-the-price-of-beauty/

 

[rick]

Fascinating! I remember wishing I hadn't clipped Teabag and thinking she will get new feathers when she molts. Now her only bit that's the original colour is the ends of her wings! Also interesting is the way they seem to have been replaced in a wave - I thought she had only, or mostly, molted on her neck and undercarriage but she seems to have new ones almost all over now.