{"id":1143,"date":"2012-09-02T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2012-09-02T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T08:58:02","slug":"the-nights-are-drawing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"The nights are drawing in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in the habit of spending time with the chickens after our evening meal which we have at seven o&#8217;clock. This was giving me half an hour with them before they go in to bed, however that has reduced to a quarter of an hour and last night even less. This meant Pepper would not come to my lap as she likes to go in to bed first and last night it all felt very rushed. I realize it&#8217;s summers end and the nights are drawing in, so I will have to alter my routine. If we want to get a photo of Pepper and Dotty on my lap we need to go out earlier and I can see that soon my time with them will before our evening meal instead of after. We have friends coming to dinner tonight, so it will have to wait a while but here some photos of last night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1175\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/three_girls_up_high.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1175\" title=\"three_girls_up_high!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/three_girls_up_high.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/three_girls_up_high.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/three_girls_up_high-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three girls up high!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Treacle takes her usual place on my shoulder and Dotty joins Bluebell on the roof of the coop. They seem obsessed with the roof at bedtime! Pepper is already making her way in to the coop.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1176\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/on_my_head.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1176\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1176\" title=\"on_my_head\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/on_my_head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/on_my_head.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/on_my_head-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebell on my head<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bluebell wanted to join Treacle but couldn&#8217;t get on my shoulder as well so chose my head instead. This is not something that I want to allow but thought the photo too funny not to include.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in the habit of spending time with the chickens after our evening meal which we have at seven o&#8217;clock. 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