{"id":16896,"date":"2016-09-09T05:52:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T05:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16896"},"modified":"2016-09-09T05:52:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T05:52:05","slug":"the-girls-have-the-whole-afternoon-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=16896","title":{"rendered":"The girls have the whole afternoon together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I mixed the girls for the whole afternoon. I had been to the woods and collected some branches to make some extra, lower, perches for the little girls. I had picked branches that were a smaller, broom handle width, to suit them. I put them in the run in a pile to decide where they should go and opened up the run.<\/p>\n

The little girls checked out the heap of branches. The other girls were near by but there was no chasing.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The girls are mixing with no hassle<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles is close by but is not chasing the little girls<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite Speckles being near the little girls she didn’t chase them away. I think she is beginning to see that they get that they are below her in the pecking order and maybe she is getting bored with constantly chasing them.<\/p>\n

A little later they were all on the other side of the wire, near each other, without any chasing. Things are definitely improving.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The girls are together without any problems<\/p><\/div>\n

We put up four lower, branch perches, in the different parts of the run.<\/p>\n

\"Just<\/a>

Just a reminder of how cute these little girls are<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley tests one of the new perches<\/p><\/div>\n

Barley was first to test out one of the new perches. Peaches and Barley found all the new perches first. The little girls did find a couple of the new perches but had jumped down before I could get a photo. Those photos will have to wait until another day.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day I separated the girls again but this was the first day that I had left them together all afternoon and had left them at times without watching them. I have grown more confidant that they can be left together without me watching over them.<\/p>\n

I think we are ready for the next stage now. I want to try roosting them together at night. I plan to put them together in the afternoon and see if the little girls will follow the rest of the girls into the chicken shed at bedtime. I will close the little coops and the gates to the other side of the run.<\/p>\n

If I can get them all in together at bedtime I will unhook the automatic door opener so that I can go out first thing in the morning and let them all out together. This way I can check that they all come out in the morning without any problems and can then decide if they are okay together or if I should separate them for a bit longer.<\/p>\n

I am quite hopeful that they will mix together this weekend while I am around to watch them. It will be really good to have one united flock once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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