{"id":15209,"date":"2016-05-11T23:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15209"},"modified":"2016-05-11T23:29:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T23:29:27","slug":"butterscotch-is-getting-feathered-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15209","title":{"rendered":"Butterscotch is getting feathered at last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems to have taken forever for Butterscotch to get her head and neck feathers in but at last her pins are opening. I took a set of photos a few days ago to demonstrate this but I had other posts tumbling out and didn&#8217;t get the post written straight away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15221\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15221\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15221\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15221\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotchs_head_feathers_are_coming_in_at_last-1.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch's head feathers are coming in at last\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotchs_head_feathers_are_coming_in_at_last-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotchs_head_feathers_are_coming_in_at_last-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotchs_head_feathers_are_coming_in_at_last-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch&#8217;s head feathers are coming in at last<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15222\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15222\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15222\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15222\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_side_of-her_head_has-longer-pins.jpg\" alt=\"The side of her head has longer pins \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_side_of-her_head_has-longer-pins.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_side_of-her_head_has-longer-pins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_side_of-her_head_has-longer-pins-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The side of her head has longer pins<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15223\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15223\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15223\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15223\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side.jpg\" alt=\"The other side of her head\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The other side of her head<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15224\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15224\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15224\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15224\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/her_head.jpg\" alt=\"The top of her head\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/her_head.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/her_head-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/her_head-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The top of her head<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15225\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15225\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15225\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15225\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_gap_is_disappearing.jpg\" alt=\"The gap is disappearing\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_gap_is_disappearing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_gap_is_disappearing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_gap_is_disappearing-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The gap is disappearing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today I could see another change in just the few days since I had taken these photos. Her head is now flecked with orange instead of just white pins on grey skin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15227\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15227\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15227\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15227\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotch_today.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch today\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotch_today.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotch_today-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/butterscotch_today-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch today<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15229\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15229\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15229\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15229\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/almost_covered.jpg\" alt=\"Her head is almost covered\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/almost_covered.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/almost_covered-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/almost_covered-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Her head is almost covered<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15230\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15230\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15230\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15230\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side_of_her-head.jpg\" alt=\"The other side of her head\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side_of_her-head.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side_of_her-head-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/the_other_side_of_her-head-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The other side of her head<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think she will soon be fully covered in feathers without any gaps. Whether her crest comes back this year remains to be seen but I am pleased that she will no longer have a bare head. She is looking much better than I had thought she would at one point.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to taking more photos when her feathers are completely grown back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems to have taken forever for Butterscotch to get her head and neck feathers in but at last her pins are opening. 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