It has been a week since Butterscotch finished being broody. She has moulted so much during that week that I wasn’t sure she would start to lay again. The feathers have stopped dropping over the last few days and she has become more vocal. She started looking in the nest box once more and I felt sure she was getting ready to lay again.
Yesterday she went in the nest box for a while in the morning and then gave up. In the afternoon she went back in and settled.
Butterscotch is back in the nest box
Her head is covered in pins once more. She seems to be in a permanent state of moulting and getting pins through. I wonder if her head will finally feather up this time or will this never ending cycle continue.
A little later Peaches was half in the nest box with her. I wasn’t sure if she just wanted to watch her or if she wanted to join her.
When I returned Peaches was in the nest box and standing in the egg laying position. When she left the nest box there were two eggs side by side.
Butterscotch’s and Peaches eggs
Butterscotch’s egg is on the the left and it’s first time in ages we have had a beige egg. Our other three, currently laying girls, lay the white eggs.
It is lovely to have another girl laying once more as eggs have been a bit sparse with only three girls laying. Butterscotch is the best layer between her broody bouts so we will now be getting an egg from her nearly every day.
Welcome back Butterscotch. She is amazing!
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Well done Butterscotch.
I can only echo that. It is so good to have her back laying again – until she goes broody again!