I promise I won’t record every day but I am still learning about having a different type of broody from the perpetual broody Topaz.
We had some over ripe strawberries today so I gave them to the girls. They didn’t seem at all interested in them until I got Butterscotch out for a quick feed. She seemed to like them.
Butterscotch likes the strawberries
I’m glad someone likes them
I got Butterscotch out again at lunch time. What I do is lift her out and put her on the patio. She stays in her totally flat broody state until I either give her a nudge or throw some treats in front of her.
Butterscotch is so flat
Then she is so round
Then she goes off and has some pellets
Followed by more strawberries
I am happy to see her eat anything at all and she tops up with water has a poop and a bit of a preen. She then goes back to the nest box clucking away to herself.
Butterscotch is a sweet broody in comparison to Topaz but I want to keep her healthy and although she is easy to manage I will be glad when she comes out the other side.
However although she has been sweet with me she does peck at any girl who gets too close to her so the broody anger isn’t too far away.
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Did any other girls eat berries?
When my Peach was broody and outside, if anyone came by her she’d cluck and put her wings out!
Speckles ate one when I first put them out then Butterscotch ate a couple. Topaz saw Butterscotch eat them so she then had one. I wonder if they were wary because they were new to them. I picked up the rest at the end of the day which is unusual.
Butterscotch clucked, stretched her wings and chased any girl that got too near her.
Mine don’t like strawberries either – strange, as most fruits are eaten very quickly. I love photos 3 and 4 of Butterscotch.
I too find it strange that they don’t like strawberries. In photos 3 and 4 Butterscotch looks like a balloon deflated then inflated. It made me smile too, who would have thought such a fluffy chicken could make herself so flat.