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<\/a>Butterscotch likes the strawberries<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>I’m glad someone likes them<\/p><\/div>\n
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.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Butterscotch is so flat<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Then she is so round<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Then she goes off and has some pellets<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Followed by more strawberries<\/p><\/div>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading