{"id":12433,"date":"2015-09-11T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T10:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12433"},"modified":"2015-09-11T10:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T10:51:40","slug":"butterscotch-has-a-dust-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12433","title":{"rendered":"Butterscotch has a dust bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Butterscotch was having a dust bath in the new soil, from the plant pot, that we put in the run yesterday. She was surrounded by feathers. I wondered if she had chosen the new soil as it wasn&#8217;t so dry as the rest of the run and would help to get rid of her loose feathers.<\/p>\n<p>Speckles watched her while standing in another dust hole.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12452\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17122.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12452\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17122.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch in a dust bath surrounded by feathers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17122.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17122-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch in a dust bath surrounded by feathers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12453\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17125.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12453\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17125.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch twists\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17125.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17125-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch twists<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12454\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17126.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12454\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17126.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch turns while doing her impression of a feather duster\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17126.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17126-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch turns, while doing her impression of a feather duster<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12455\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17127.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12455\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17127.jpg\" alt=\"That feels better\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SDC17127-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That feels better<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She looks such a mess and it me amused how Speckles couldn&#8217;t seem to take her eyes off her and her feet have disappeared into the dust hole she is standing in.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s got to feel better having shed some of those loose feathers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Butterscotch was having a dust bath in the new soil, from the plant pot, that we put in the run yesterday. 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