![\"Another](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/another_cabbage_for_the_girls.jpg\")
<\/a>Another cabbage for the girls<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Meanwhile](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/meanwhile_honey_is-in_the_nest_box_even_though_she_laid_her_egg_in_the_run.jpg\")
<\/a>Meanwhile Honey is in the nest box even though she had laid her egg in the run earlier<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"The](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/getting_stuck_into_the-cabbage.jpg\")
<\/a>The girls are getting stuck into the cabbage<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Barley](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/barley_keeps_speckles_company_while_peaches_eatche_on.jpg\")
<\/a>Barley keeps Speckles company in the nest box while Peaches watches<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Speckles](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/speckles_lays_her_egg.jpg\")
<\/a>Speckles lays her egg<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Barley](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/barley_then_goes_to_keep_honey_company.jpg\")
<\/a>Barley then goes to keep Honey company<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Honey](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honey_leaves_and_peaches_comes_in_to_keep_barley_company.jpg\")
<\/a>Honey leaves and Peaches comes in to keep Barley company<\/p><\/div>\n
Toffee then takes her place in the nest box and later when I check Toffee leaves and there are Peaches, Barley’s and Toffee’s eggs. This is our first five egg day this year. Honey, Speckles, Peaches, Barley and Toffee. Well done girls.<\/p>\n
I decided to leave it until four o’clock to take Honey and Topaz to Jackie’s so that it was just a couple of hours before bedtime.<\/p>\n
We put them into the separated area and they were soon happily exploring, scratching and pecking at this new environment.<\/p>\n
Chelsea was the only one of Jackie’s girls to take a brief look.<\/p>\n
![\"Chelsea](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/chelsae_is_the_only_one_to_check_them_out.jpg\")
<\/a>Chelsea is the only one to take a brief look at the new girls<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Topaz](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/topaz_checks_out_the_coop_nest-box.jpg\")
<\/a>Topaz checks out the coop\/nest box. We have one (two in fact) just like this!<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Honey](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honey_shows_off_her_missing_neck_feathers.jpg\")
<\/a>Honey showing off her missing neck feathers<\/p><\/div>\n
I stayed for an hour and a half while Jackie and I caught up on all the gossip and put the world to rights. My girls were happy in their holiday home and Jackie’s girls were hanging out by the patio doors having a bit of a moan.<\/p>\n
Jackie called me before the girl’s bedtime and said that Chelsea and Topaz had had a bit of a stand off against the wire but Topaz didn’t back down. I knew she wouldn’t. Topaz thinks she is much bigger than she is and she doesn’t ever back down.<\/p>\n
My girls went to bed leaving a gap where Honey and Topaz usually roost.<\/p>\n
![\"where](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/where_have_honey_and_topaz_gone.jpg\")
<\/a>Where have Honey and Topaz gone? There is a space where they normally perch<\/p><\/div>\n
Jackie rang me again a little later and said that Topaz first then Honey had gone into the little coop and they were snuggled up together for the night. I am so thrilled. My one reservation was that they wouldn’t go in at bedtime but I think the little coop\/nest box is familiar to them and with nowhere else to go they made the right choice.<\/p>\n
So far this has gone better than I could have hoped. A good start to this plan and hopefully more good progress to come. Thank you Jackie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is the last day that my eight girls will be together. I gave them another whole cabbage which was only fifty pence from Tesco. Toffee then takes her place in the nest box and later when I check Toffee … Continue reading