{"id":13674,"date":"2016-01-22T08:19:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T08:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2016-01-22T08:19:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T08:19:43","slug":"another-bag-of-sand-for-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=13674","title":{"rendered":"Another bag of sand for the run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I said that I would keep adding sand to the run, one bag at a time, we have got quite busy with work and I hadn&#8217;t found the time to go and get another bag. Yesterday afternoon I finished work early so I decided to go and get another bag of sand.<\/p>\n<p>We dumped the bag of sand in the run.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13682\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13682\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13682\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13682\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/speckles-is_once_again_the_first_to_check_out_the-sand.jpg\" alt=\"Speckles is once again the first girl to check out the sand\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/speckles-is_once_again_the_first_to_check_out_the-sand.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/speckles-is_once_again_the_first_to_check_out_the-sand-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/speckles-is_once_again_the_first_to_check_out_the-sand-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles is once again the first girl to check out the sand<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toffee photo bombed the shot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13684\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13684\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13684\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13684\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/topaz_and_butterscotch-1.jpg\" alt=\"Topaz and Butterscotch seem to like scratching in the sand\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/topaz_and_butterscotch-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/topaz_and_butterscotch-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/topaz_and_butterscotch-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Topaz and Butterscotch seem to like scratching in the sand and soon spread it around<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The odd thing is that Honey doesn&#8217;t like the sand. After we put the sand in the run last time she wouldn&#8217;t go down to the run for the bedtime corn. I started giving her some corn on the patio instead. Once the sand had got mixed in with the soil and changed colour she was happy to go back down for the corn.<\/p>\n<p>Last night when I threw the bedtime corn out into the run Honey wouldn&#8217;t leave the patio area once more. I again gave her the corn on the patio. It seems that she doesn&#8217;t like the colour of the sand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13686\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13686\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13686\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13686\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_doesnt-like_the_sand.jpg\" alt=\"Honey doesn't like the sand\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_doesnt-like_the_sand.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_doesnt-like_the_sand-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_doesnt-like_the_sand-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey doesn&#8217;t like the sand<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13687\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=13687\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13687\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13687\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_has_her_own-corn.jpg\" alt=\"Honey has her bedtime corn on the patio\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_has_her_own-corn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_has_her_own-corn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/honey_has_her_own-corn-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey has her bedtime corn on the patio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We wondered if it was because she is the same colour as the sand although I don&#8217;t see why that should bother her. All the other girls are happy to scratch in the sand but when Honey goes into the run during the day she goes via the wooden block and stays off the sand until it gets mixed with the soil and changes colour. At bedtime when it is getting dark she won&#8217;t go down to the run at all.<\/p>\n<p>I find this very odd but who knows what goes on in those little chicken brains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I said that I would keep adding sand to the run, one bag at a time, we have got quite busy with work and I hadn&#8217;t found the time to go and get another bag. 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