chicken sweater

Our older chicken in her sweater. There are large openings on the sides for her wings and what is left of her neck feathers have moved on top of the neck hole. Her neck and body are usually mostly rust (chicken red), but now the white, inner part of the feathers show. Her body is pretty bare. She hopped up on the wall of the coop and after I took the picture, she jumped down and landed with a thud because she has few flight feathers to provide lift.


Meanwhile, the other chicken was wandering around in the yard. There are feathers everywhere around the yard. She is a pullet now, with her wattles, so isn't going to change much anymore. She is a golden-laced wyandotte, which have this coloring. She has a rose comb, which is flat and bumpy. The other chicken is a golden star and has a single comb. They both have tan ear feathers, so lay "brown" eggs, or will when the younger one is older. The younger one will probably not molt this year because she hasn't had her feathers very long and hasn't laid.