{"id":12201,"date":"2015-08-25T18:13:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12201"},"modified":"2015-08-25T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:13:53","slug":"the-current-bedtime-routine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12201","title":{"rendered":"The current bedtime routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the moment I give the girls their bedtime treat of a hand full of sunflower seeds at five o’clock. From about half past four the girls are all lined up at the the bottom of the run waiting for me. When I go up at five o’clock they follow me up to the gate with great excitement.<\/p>\n

They soon hoover up the sunflower seeds and then scratch for about fifteen minutes more just in case they have missed any. After this they have a quick top up on pellets or water and then make their way into the shed. They all want the top perch and all the original girls settle on the top perch with Speckle sometimes making it and sometimes being chased down to the top rung of the ladder.<\/p>\n

Butterscotch however doesn’t join in with this rush to try and get to the top perch. Butterscotch stays out in the run wandering around and scratching and pecking. She has an hour of peace every evening alone in the run. I think that she knows she isn’t going to get to the top perch so she doesn’t rush herself but instead enjoys this extra hour in the run with no one to give her any hassle.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>

At half past five all the girls are on the top perch except Butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n

Speckles is tucked in at the back on the right hand side behind Topaz and is only just visible.<\/p>\n

\"Butterscotch<\/a>

Butterscotch wanders around the run pecking at the ground<\/p><\/div>\n

\"At<\/a>

At six o’clock Butterscotch is still out in the run<\/p><\/div>\n

\"At<\/a>

At half past six Butterscotch heads towards the patio area<\/p><\/div>\n

\"She<\/a>

She strides towards the shed<\/p><\/div>\n

\"It's<\/a>

It’s her time to go in<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Butterscotch<\/a>

Butterscotch takes her usual place on the top rung of the ladder<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s the same pattern every day with Butterscotch going in an hour behind the others. There is never any danger of her not making it in time as the automatic door won’t close until over an hour later. Butterscotch is smarter than she looks and I think she probably finds this the best hour of her day. What a clever girl she is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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