{"id":12998,"date":"2015-11-06T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12998"},"modified":"2015-11-06T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:20:17","slug":"communal-dust-bathing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12998","title":{"rendered":"Communal dust bathing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been very wet for the last few days but the good thing is that there are still plenty of dry spots for the girls to have a dust bath which they take full advantage of. The old part of the run is still the driest with the new part letting in rain at the sides and it also drips between some of the joins in the roof panels.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason whenever it rains Butterscotch always has a wet head. None of the other girls have a wet head so I can only think that she stands under the drips. It \u00a0is odd how the girl with the most bouffant hair style is the one that will get her head wet. She always looks so ridiculous.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13011\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17765.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13011\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17765.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch has another bad hair day\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17765-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch has another bad hair day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Five out of eight girls were enjoying dust baths this afternoon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13012\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17758.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13012\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17758.jpg\" alt=\"Peaches and Barley are not participating\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17758-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaches and Barley are not participating but are together as always<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13013\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17767.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13013\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17767.jpg\" alt=\"Speckles is also not partcipating\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17767-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles is also not participating<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13014\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17772.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13014\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17772.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald has a dust bath in the newest part of the run\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17772-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald has a dust bath in the newest part of the run<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13015\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17773.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13015\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17773.jpg\" alt=\"She flicks the dirt over her back\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17773-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She flicks the dirt over her back<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13016\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17774.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13016\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17774.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee is in a dust bath on the other side of the wire\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17774-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee is in a dust bath on the other side of the wire from the rest of the girls<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13017\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17777.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13017\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17777.jpg\" alt=\"Communal dust baths\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17777-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Communal dust baths<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toffee did start out on this side of the wire but Butterscotch chased her out and took her place. Toffee then moved to the other side of the wire where she can dust bath in peace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13018\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17779.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13018\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17779.jpg\" alt=\"A dust bathing group\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17779-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dust bathing group<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Butterscotch rubbed her wet head feathers in the dirt making her &#8220;hair do&#8221; look even worse. She also reminds me of beached seal in this pose.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13019\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17781.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13019\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17781.jpg\" alt=\"The run appears to littered with dead bodies\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SDC17781-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The run appears to be littered with dead bodies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I do wonder what it is that sparks them all off to do this at the same time. It is entertaining to watch though. They were clearly enjoying their dust baths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been very wet for the last few days but the good thing is that there are still plenty of dry spots for the girls to have a dust bath which they take full advantage of. 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