{"id":15600,"date":"2016-06-05T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T09:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15600"},"modified":"2016-06-05T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T09:03:57","slug":"butterscotchs-telepathic-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15600","title":{"rendered":"Butterscotch’s telepathic powers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst being broody Butterscotch seems able to get all the girls to lay their eggs next to her. I swear she has telepathic powers.<\/p>\n

Recently I have taken photos of Barley and Butterscotch in the nest box together and then Speckles and Butterscotch. Yesterday it was Peaches turn.<\/p>\n

\"Peaches<\/a>

Peaches lays her egg next to Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley looks on<\/p><\/div>\n

Peaches and Barley are so together that whenever Barley is in the next box Peaches stands guard and looks on and whenever Peaches is in the nest box Barley does the same.<\/p>\n

I do find it fascinating that when Butterscotch isn’t broody the girls don’t want to share a nest box but while she is broody they all ignore the empty nest box and lay their eggs next to her.<\/p>\n

Last month before she started moulting Emerald shared the nest box with Butterscotch. This month all three girls that are still laying have shared the nest box with her.<\/p>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald and Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles and Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley and Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Peaches<\/a>

Peaches and Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

In the two photos above you can tell it’s Barley in the first photo because her comb flops to the right and in the photo above it’s Peaches with her comb flopping to the left. In both photos the other one is looking on which is something they almost always do.<\/p>\n

Telepathic Butterscotch should be coming to the end of her broody spell any day now. It would be good to have her laying again as eggs are sparse with only three girls laying. It will also be good to see her out in the run again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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