{"id":10007,"date":"2015-01-19T18:06:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2015-01-19T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:06:24","slug":"jackie-has-new-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=10007","title":{"rendered":"Jackie has new girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie has been trying to make up her mind for ages if the time is right for getting new girls. Finally she had made up her mind and we arranged to go and collect them this morning.<\/p>\n<p>We set off on our adventure with my dog crate and our cameras to Willow Court Farm where Jackie got her new girls at this time last year. Jackie was thinking of getting a ginger and a bluebell but when we arrived the farmer said the only hybrids ready for sale at the moment were the ginger girls. They are warrens crossed with columbian blacktails.<\/p>\n<p>As ginger girls have always been a favourite of Jackie&#8217;s she was happy to take two of them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10028\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ginger_chickens.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10028\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ginger_chickens.jpg\" alt=\"Ginger Chickens\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginger Chickens<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10029\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jackie.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10029\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10029\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jackie.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie with the first ginger girl to be caught\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie with the first ginger girl to be caught<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10030\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ready_for_the_journey_home.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10030\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ready_for_the_journey_home.jpg\" alt=\"Two ginger girls ready for the journey home\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two ginger girls ready for the journey home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The farm has a variety of animals as well as poultry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10031\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pigs.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10031\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pigs.jpg\" alt=\"The pigs\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pigs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10032\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/goat.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10032\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/goat.jpg\" alt=\"A young goat\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young goat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10033\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/two_goats.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10033\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/two_goats.jpg\" alt=\"Some very friendly goats\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some very friendly goats<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10034\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/peacock.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10034\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/peacock.jpg\" alt=\"A Peacocks and hen just out of the photo\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Peacocks and hen just out of the photo<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10035\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/holiday_homes_for_chickens.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10035\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/holiday_homes_for_chickens.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday homes for chickens\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holiday homes for chickens<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The farm also a offers a holiday service. They will look after your hens in these holiday homes while you are away and they worm them during their stay here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10036\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/in_thier_new_home.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10036\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/in_thier_new_home.jpg\" alt=\"The new girls in their new home\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new girls in their new home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The girls went into their new home happily and soon found the food bowl and the water. Jackie had already picked out names for them. She is calling one Ruby as it is her ruby wedding anniversary this year and the other April a it is her birthday in April. I thought these were pretty names. One of the girls is darker than the other so Jackie decided the darker one will be Ruby and the lighter one will be April.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10037\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ruby_and-april.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10037\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ruby_and-april.jpg\" alt=\"Ruby and April\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruby and April<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I stayed a while and the other girls were chatting about the new girls but not shouting. It all seemed to go very well.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie e-mailed me this evening and said that they were noisy for a while this afternoon but it calmed down again and once the old girls went to bed Jackie put the new girls in their temporary coop. As Jackie said tomorrow is another day and she will keep me posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie has been trying to make up her mind for ages if the time is right for getting new girls. Finally she had made up her mind and we arranged to go and collect them this morning. 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