{"id":14351,"date":"2016-03-02T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14351"},"modified":"2016-03-02T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:28:43","slug":"a-ridiculous-place-to-dust-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14351","title":{"rendered":"A ridiculous place to dust bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of places in the run to dust bath but Butterscotch has suddenly decided to squeeze between my boot scraper and the wooden block. This is the fourth time we have found her trying to dust bath here.<\/p>\n

Apart from this being a very small space the ground is rock hard with only a thin layer of dust over it. There are plenty of deep dust filled holes in the run. Why on earth does she want to try to dust bath in this spot?<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>

This is a crazy spot for a dust bath<\/p><\/div>\n

I think Barley and Honey are wondering what on earth she is doing here.<\/p>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley is very curious about this<\/p><\/div>\n

\"what<\/a>

What a squeeze<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Butterscotch<\/a>

Butterscotch is looking a bit shabby<\/p><\/div>\n

Butterscotch is moulting at the moment and this is the most shabby she has looked so far. She laid yesterday but not today and has been laying for three weeks now so I think she may be about to take her next break.<\/p>\n

It would be good if she just took a break and let her feathers grow in but I expect instead she will go broody. This time I will just have to leave her to be broody as I can no longer close the nest boxes as four other girls are laying.<\/p>\n

There is enough fuss over the nest boxes as it is without one of them being perpetually occupied so it will be interesting to see how this goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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