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Caramel keeps me on my toes
This little girl has given me several scares since I have been caring for her, but goodness me, she has wrapped herself around my heart. The first heart stopping moments were going out into the run first thing in the … Continue reading
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Caramel’s progress and more new perches
As usual when I went out at first light Caramel was still in the chicken shed. I left her in with me while I poop picked and then bought her in for her meds. I left her in the cat … Continue reading
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Caramel has a bath
I went out at seven o’clock this morning and once again my heart missed a beat when I saw all the girls except Caramel. I found her in the shed looking around as if she was unsure how to get … Continue reading
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An up and down day
We had a wild storm last night. From three o’clock until about half past five there was constant thunder and lightening and lashing rain. The thunder rolled around our valley sometimes almost overhead and sometimes miles away. We couldn’t sleep … Continue reading
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An update on Caramel
This morning I gave Caramel her antibiotic and her painkiller to her beak then gave her some sugar water to her beak. I took her to the vets at nine o’clock for her check up and the vet sluiced her … Continue reading
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Caramel’s visit to the vet
I am going to update even though I know I have covered a lot of this in the comments but I want to give the full story. Yesterday we had our busiest day for a long time and I felt … Continue reading
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The little girls have bedtime sorted
Much to my surprise after one night of steering the little girls towards the pop hole they have got the hang of it. I now realise that by putting them in I was confusing them because they didn’t know how … Continue reading
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Moving the bedtime routine onwards
Last night I decided that I need to start moving the bedtime routine onwards. I have been putting the little girls in the chicken shed at half past six, as with Caramel’s eye problem, I didn’t want to add any further … Continue reading
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Pebbles and Caramel finally find the new perches
Pebbles and Caramel have now found all the new, lower, perches that we put in for them. I missed most of the photo opportunities as they had moved on by the time I got my camera but I did just … Continue reading
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We have a problem
Pebbles and Caramel have found a new favourite spot to sit. They have been spending a lot of time sat on the log either preening or snoozing. I think this may be because they were spending time on the little … Continue reading
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