{"id":15696,"date":"2016-06-11T13:06:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15696"},"modified":"2016-06-11T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:06:29","slug":"sun-and-pins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15696","title":{"rendered":"Sun and pins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girls love to sit in the sun. Toffee especially loves to find a patch of sun and will stretch her wings out to soak up the rays but I just missed the shot of her on her side with one leg and one wing stretched out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15713\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15713\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15713\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sitting_in_the_sun.jpg\" alt=\"Sitting in the sun\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sitting_in_the_sun.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sitting_in_the_sun-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sitting_in_the_sun-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting in the sun<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Emerald isn&#8217;t in this photo because she prefers to sit in the shade or perch in the shade. She is having such a heavy moult that she is staying out of the sun.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15714\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15714\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15714\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15714\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/poor_emerald_perches.jpg\" alt=\"Poor Emerald perches in the shade\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/poor_emerald_perches.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/poor_emerald_perches-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/poor_emerald_perches-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poor Emerald perches in the shade<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Butterscotch is also moulting like crazy. I am not sure if she will start laying again because she is dropping so many feathers but I have thought that in the past and she did start laying again. I am picking up loads of feathers from the shed and the run.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that she has loads of pin feathers once more. It is now looking like she may get fully feathered again after all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15715\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=15715\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15715\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15715\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/butterscotch_has_lots_of_pins_again.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch has lots of pins again\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/butterscotch_has_lots_of_pins_again.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/butterscotch_has_lots_of_pins_again-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/butterscotch_has_lots_of_pins_again-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch has lots of pins again<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Butterscotch has now been moulting on and off for a year. I wonder if she is ever going to be done\u00a0with\u00a0this. Whereas it is really taking it out of poor Emerald, Butterscotch just seems to take it all in her stride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The girls love to sit in the sun. 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