Butterscotch is an amazing girl. She is so routine. She laid twenty eggs then took fourteen days off to go broody and moult, laid twenty one eggs, then took another fourteen days off to go broody and moult and then started laying again. Just like last time she laid her first two eggs then missed a day then laid her third egg at first light (or just before) before the automatic door had opened.
Her egg was under the perch where she had been roosting and the advantage of the perches now being lower is that her egg was intact. She is smart too and knows what she needs. She went to the grit and oyster shell before bedtime.
Butterscotch goes to the grit and oyster shell
Butterscotch at the grit
Butterscotch has a lovely fluffy bottom and it’s not noticeable at all that she has been dropping a trail of feathers.
She is such a business like girl, full of character. I can’t believe we thought she was a dumb blond when we first had her. How she has proved us wrong, she is quite a star!
Click here to see the history of my flock.
I thought that it was a real chicken by butterscotch in that top picture! ?
That’s a rooster door stop that my husband bought me a couple of Christmas’s ago. It was really useful for holding the old coop door open while I put the girls in each night but has now lost it’s purpose and is just decoration. Once again, you are so observant!
I think she is lovely especcially her ear rings . I remember us commenting that she was a dumb blonde . She is so lovely now she has grown.
I always say though (as you know) that chickens are far cleverer than a lot of people give them credit for.
I think we both underestimated her at first, she is much brighter than she looks and her beauty has grown on me.