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<\/a>Quarter to seven and five girls are in<\/p><\/div>\n
Before I could capture a photo of Peaches alone in the run she had sprinted through the pop hole and by the time I had opened the shed door she was already up on the shelf.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Peaches goes in and straight up to the shelf<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>I left them to settle<\/p><\/div>\n
Ten minutes later I checked again and Peaches was back out in the run having a last top up of pellets and water. She then casually made her way back through the pop hole and when I looked in she had taken her place next to Barley and Toffee had moved to the top rung of the ladder.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Peaches takes her place next to Barley<\/p><\/div>\n
I checked again after dinner and they were all still in the same positions. I locked the run gate for the night, confident, that no one was going to be moving now.<\/p>\n
I am feeling so happy at how quickly this has all worked out. I now realise that they had got the hang of it by night three, because although Peaches was also last in that night, she will always make her way in when she is ready. She always was the last to go up on to the outside bedtime perches and I am confident that she wouldn’t stay out alone, she just likes to take a bit more time with her bedtime routine.<\/p>\n
They are all in long before the automatic door closes so I am not worried that she will get shut out. I think we can safely say the girls like their new home and I am thrilled to bits with the new set up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night was the fifth night in the new chicken shed. I won’t continue to record every night but at the moment I am so elated by how well the girls have taken to this that I just can’t resist … Continue reading