Butterscotch is such a character. She is a serial broody but she has some funny little habits when she is broody. I lift her three times a day so that she gets a break. I have taken to setting her down in the run because she always takes a load of pine shavings with her and it saves me sweeping them from the patio.
Butterscotch sits in the run
Sometimes she just continues to sit where I have put her. Eventually I ruffle her tail feathers and she moves off, slowly at first, then at breakneck speed. The first thing she does is flick bits on to her back like Emerald did recently.
I have said before that one of her broody habits is to go to the log which she rarely does when not broody. Sometimes she perches there briefly, sometimes she stands there and preens but yesterday she just sat there. She remained fluffed up and just stayed there for quite a while.
Butterscotch sits on the log
An odd place to sit
This is the latest place to be. I do wonder what goes in her little head. She does make me smile. She is two thirds of the way through her latest broody spell so should be back to normal soon, until the next time!
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She looks so cute sitting on the log.
She is a funny girl.
She is such a character; one of the chicks I bought is a bantam gold top female: I hope she hs the personality of Butterscotch!
Hurrah! I am pleased for you because I know you wanted a goldtop. I will be interested to see if she has some of the same traits.