{"id":12466,"date":"2015-09-15T17:18:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12466"},"modified":"2015-09-15T17:18:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:18:31","slug":"im-a-bad-chicken-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12466","title":{"rendered":"I’m a bad chicken mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning after the morning corn Butterscotch was trying to find the door to the closed little coops again. I shut the pop hole to the chicken shed thinking that if I could keep her out for another day I could stop her going broody.<\/p>\n

I went off to do my lunch deliveries and when I returned there was an egg in the run. It was Butterscotch’s round slightly pinkish egg. I felt so bad! She wasn’t going broody after all, she just wanted to lay her egg.<\/p>\n

In my defence I didn’t think hens laid while moulting and have never had one do so before. From now on the little coops and the chicken shed will remain open. I did tell her how sorry I was. If only she could talk and tell me she wanted to lay an egg.<\/p>\n

\"Butterscotch's<\/a>

Butterscotch’s egg<\/p><\/div>\n

Its three weeks since she went broody and a week since she started to moult and she is still dropping feathers. It looks like this girl is going to be a REALLY good layer.<\/p>\n

\"Butterscotch\"<\/a>

Butterscotch in a dust bath<\/p><\/div>\n

I felt so bad but who would have thought a girl looking like this would lay an egg. I wonder if it’s a one off or if there will be more.<\/p>\n

Well done Butterscotch and I am so sorry. All doors open from now on I promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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