{"id":15421,"date":"2016-05-27T08:27:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T08:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15421"},"modified":"2016-05-27T08:29:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T08:29:20","slug":"a-new-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15421","title":{"rendered":"A new chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was my birthday a few days ago. My husband said that despite his resolve not to buy me anything chicken related he just couldn&#8217;t resist this one. He chose a spot in the garden for the new chicken.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15440\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15440\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15440\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15440\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/chocolate.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday chicken\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/chocolate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/chocolate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/chocolate-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birthday chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15441\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15441\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15441\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15441\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birthday_chicken.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of birthday chicken\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birthday_chicken.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birthday_chicken-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/birthday_chicken-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of my birthday chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My husband said that now it&#8217;s in the garden it reminds him of chocolate. Jackie said she managed to avoid a chicken related gift and gave me this lovely insect house. We put it on the wall opposite the chickens.<\/p>\n<p>This wall has the plant holders my husband gave me on a previous birthday and the bird box he gave me for Christmas. It is filling up with my gifts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15443\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15443\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15443\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15443\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/insect_house.jpg\" alt=\"Insect_house\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/insect_house.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/insect_house-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/insect_house-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insect house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15444\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15444\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15444\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15444\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/close_up_of_bug_house.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of insect the house\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/close_up_of_bug_house.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/close_up_of_bug_house-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/close_up_of_bug_house-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of insect the house<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had some very thought full gifts and an evening meal in our local pub. It was a lovely birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was my birthday a few days ago. My husband said that despite his resolve not to buy me anything chicken related he just couldn&#8217;t resist this one. He chose a spot in the garden for the new chicken. 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