Yesterday afternoon the girls were chilling in the sun together. That is all except Butterscotch. The girls will often sit in the sun together, perch up together, or dust bath together, but Butterscotch is her own girl and doesn’t feel the need to stick close to the flock.
While the rest of the flock are gathered together she can often be seen just wandering around stopping to scratch and to peck at the ground.
It’s the same thing at bedtime. The girls will all be perched up in the chicken shed but Butterscotch will be casually wandering around the perimeters of the run for an extra half an hour. When she is ready she goes in and takes up her position in the middle of the perch, always unhurried, as if she has all the time in the world.
The girls are chilling
Hanging out together
Butterscotch is doing her own thing
Just look at those head feathers. She is so nearly back to normal now.
She is just wandering around
Pecking at the ground
Butterscotch has always been her own girl rather than one of the crowd. She can join in with the girls or not, just as the mood takes her.
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Glad to see her head feathers are on the way back.
Me too. They look the best they have been in six months now. I think she very nearly has her crest back.
She really does look as though she has finally reached the stage where all pins will open and she’ll regain her former glory – not that she doesn;t look lovely, whatever! 🙂
I agree, I think this time she will return to her former glory. I just looked back today at photos of when I first had her last year and I thought how nearly back to that she is now.