{"id":16621,"date":"2016-08-19T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16621"},"modified":"2016-08-19T06:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:30:32","slug":"things-are-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16621","title":{"rendered":"Things are changing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Butterscotch left the flock Toffee had chosen to sleep outside in the run for three nights. Last night I knew things were changing. When we went up after dinner and gave out the usual dandelion leaves Toffee was no longer perched up in the corner of the run but was hanging out with the girls.<\/p>\n

I knew this was the night that she would return to the chicken shed. I could sense the change in her.<\/p>\n

Later I checked in on the girls and sure enough they were all in the shed. The surprising thing was that Toffee was no longer in her usual position against the wall but was in Butterscotch’s position, right in the middle of the perch.<\/p>\n

\"Toffee<\/a>

Toffee has taken the position in the middle of the perch<\/p><\/div>\n

This was a total surprise to me. The last three nights I have chased Toffee in at\u00a0near\u00a0dusk and even in near dark she has moved from the middle to her usual position next to the wall. Last night she went in of her own accord and chose the middle spot and stayed there.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if this is a one off or if this is a new routine. I may be reading too much into this but it seems to me that she may be accepting her new role of top girl and moving more confidently into the middle position of the former top girl.<\/p>\n

Time will tell but I think things are changing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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