{"id":14835,"date":"2016-04-09T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T09:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14835"},"modified":"2016-04-09T09:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T09:43:05","slug":"a-dish-of-mash-for-my-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14835","title":{"rendered":"A dish of mash for my girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am feeling so much happier after seeing Topaz and Honey yesterday. They are settling in fine and my flock of six are much more settled too.<\/p>\n<p>I gave them a dish of mash this morning and it was so nice to see all six girls round the dish and Speckles is now allowed to join in at the same time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14855\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14855\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14855\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/all_six_girls_round-a-dish_of_mash.jpg\" alt=\"All six girls round a dish of mash\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/all_six_girls_round-a-dish_of_mash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/all_six_girls_round-a-dish_of_mash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/all_six_girls_round-a-dish_of_mash-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All six girls round a dish of mash<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14856\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14856\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14856\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14856\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/speckles-is-now_able_to_join_in.jpg\" alt=\"Speckles is now able to join in\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/speckles-is-now_able_to_join_in.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/speckles-is-now_able_to_join_in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/speckles-is-now_able_to_join_in-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles is now able to join in<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14857\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14857\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14857\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14857\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/i_love_seeing_them_all_enjoying_the_mash_together.jpg\" alt=\"I love seeing them all enjoy the mash together\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/i_love_seeing_them_all_enjoying_the_mash_together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/i_love_seeing_them_all_enjoying_the_mash_together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/i_love_seeing_them_all_enjoying_the_mash_together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love seeing them all enjoy the mash together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Butterscotch is gradually looking better too. Her breast feathers are finally opening and she has just a line at her breast now instead of a v shaped gap. She is getting some feathers on her head too. It&#8217;s been really slow but she is still laying eggs so I think that&#8217;s why her feathers are taking so long to open.<\/p>\n<p>I wish she would take a break from laying and get her feathers through but of course we can&#8217;t decide what&#8217;s best for them. It will happen the way it happens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14858\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14858\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14858\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14858\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotchs_breast_feathers_are_filling_in_at_last.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch's breast feathers are filling in at last\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotchs_breast_feathers_are_filling_in_at_last.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotchs_breast_feathers_are_filling_in_at_last-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotchs_breast_feathers_are_filling_in_at_last-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch&#8217;s breast feathers are filling in at last<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am so happy that my flock are are back to normal, looking happy and settled with no problems. I hope it now stays this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am feeling so much happier after seeing Topaz and Honey yesterday. They are settling in fine and my flock of six are much more settled too. 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