{"id":15060,"date":"2016-04-29T09:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2016-04-29T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:44:22","slug":"butterscotch-has-stopped-being-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15060","title":{"rendered":"Butterscotch has stopped being broody"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butterscotch has been broody for just under two weeks. The last few days she has been staying out of the nest box for longer and I could tell she was coming to the end of her broody spell.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning when I went out to the girls first thing, she was already out, instead of me having to get her out of the nest box. That was it, she stayed out all day. At bedtime I didn’t bother closing the nest boxes and she went to roost in the chicken shed. It’s over for now.<\/p>\n

I am struggling to tell if her head looks better or worse. Some of the pins are opening and there are little bits of fluff there now but I think some of the pins have also disappeared. I hope there will be enough feathers remaining to eventually cover her head even if she no longer has a crest.<\/p>\n

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I think this side of her head does look a little better<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m not sure if this side looks a little worse<\/p><\/div>\n

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A little out of focus but a closer view<\/p><\/div>\n

There are now some little bits of fluff. I hope that next year will be different because she won’t be laying and going broody through the winter. I hope this means she will moult and regrow her feathers more quickly.<\/p>\n

Butterscotch really has had the longest moult I have ever come across. She has been moulting bit by bit for eight months now. It would be so good to see her with feathers on her head again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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