I think at last Butterscotch is getting feathers on her head. We haven’t seen any pulling of pins for a while now which is really good. Butterscotch seems to have a mix of fluff and pins on her head at the moment.
She is also moulting once more. I am picking up a dozen feathers each morning under her roost spot and again during the day from the run and her dust bath spots. She has been moulting a bit at a time for eight months now.
Butterscotch has pins in the gaps
Her little black heart is on show in this photo, so sweet!
She has fluff and pins on her head now
She has pins on the top of her head
Only time will tell how well covered her head will be but I am more hopeful now that she will have a feathered head even if she doesn’t have her crest this year. As this is her first year I can’t predict how she will look and will just have to wait and see but I am more positive now that she will have feathers covering her head which I am really pleased about.
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Awe, poor thing. I hope her feathers keep growing in. You’ve really struggle w/ this and I totally feel for you. I know how frustrating feather pulling can be.
The good thing is that we haven’t seen any pins being pulled for some time now so I hope that we have passed through that phase. I just hope she has enough left to cover her head. It is just taking such a long time. I wish her pins would hurry up and open. I just want to see her head covered again. I feel that I have to keep taking photos for comparison which isn’t easy as she bobs her head constantly.
Hope they do grow in again ,She looks so cute when they do ,Time will tell.
She has plenty of longer pins now so am sure she will feather up but only time will tell if she gets her crest back.
She laid her first egg today since her last broody spell. She didn’t half shout about it too!
rEALLY GOOD NEWS. 🙂
She is back laying again and her pins are getting quite long now. I will update soon with more photos but it looks like she will be fully feathered again. I haven’t seen any of the girls go for any pins either so thank goodness that seems to have passed.