{"id":14945,"date":"2016-04-17T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14945"},"modified":"2016-04-17T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T16:42:24","slug":"a-dandelion-for-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=14945","title":{"rendered":"A dandelion for the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found a huge dandelion in the garden today that had somehow hidden itself until fully grown. I knew the girls would love this.<\/p>\n<p>Emerald now jumps on the inner, child gate, every time I go in the run.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14967\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14967\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14967\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14967\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/emerald_jumps_on_the-gate-every_time.jpg\" alt=\"This trick is now firmly a habit\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/emerald_jumps_on_the-gate-every_time.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/emerald_jumps_on_the-gate-every_time-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/emerald_jumps_on_the-gate-every_time-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This trick is now firmly a habit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I swing the gate open with Emerald on it and let her jump down when she is ready.<\/p>\n<p>Butterscotch isn&#8217;t in the dandelion photos because she has gone broody again. She usually goes three weeks between going broody but this time went just over a month which is her longest yet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14968\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14968\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14968\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14968\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotch_is_broody_again.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch is broody again\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotch_is_broody_again.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotch_is_broody_again-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butterscotch_is_broody_again-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch is broody again<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14970\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14970\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14970\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14970\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/some-dandelions_for_the-_girls.jpg\" alt=\"A dandelion for the girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/some-dandelions_for_the-_girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/some-dandelions_for_the-_girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/some-dandelions_for_the-_girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dandelion for the girls<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14971\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14971\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14971\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14971\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14971\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/they_love_dandelions.jpg\" alt=\"They love dandelions\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/they_love_dandelions.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/they_love_dandelions-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/they_love_dandelions-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They love dandelions<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They have so much fun with a dandelion and when I go back later there will be no trace of it. I think it&#8217;s their favourite green stuff of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a huge dandelion in the garden today that had somehow hidden itself until fully grown. I knew the girls would love this. Emerald now jumps on the inner, child gate, every time I go in the run. 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