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<\/a>A heap of pine shavings<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The girls start scratching<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>They are getting them spread around<\/p><\/div>\n
Then I emptied the shavings from the coop into a cardboard box.<\/p>\n
<\/a>This is as near as Bluebell got to the box<\/p><\/div>\n
I moved the box across to the other side of the run.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Bluebell is the first to take a look<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>This is as close as we are going to get<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Bluebell plucks up the courage to look inside<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dotty joins in<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>All three investigate<\/p><\/div>\n
I am giving them as many things as possible to keep them occupied but it’s not helping with the feather plucking. It was a lovely sunny day and when I went in later Dotty was either sat in the sun or in a dust bath and Pepper was settled down beside her gently plucking feathers from her neck. I told her off and she looks at me as if to ask what my problem is. I reached for the water spray but it was too late.<\/p>\n
I picked up about six feathers from the run, one was Bluebells and the rest were Dotty’s. I really am at my wits end with this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday I cleaned out the chicken coop and decided to give the girls the pine shavings to scratch in, they have been thoroughly poop picked every day. Firstly I emptied the nest box in a heap. Then I emptied the … Continue reading