![\"Peaches](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/peaches-has-no_tail.jpg\")
<\/a>Peaches has no tail<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"Barley](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/barley_looks_a_complete_mess.jpg\")
<\/a>Barley looks a complete mess<\/p><\/div>\n
What a state! The good thing is that the pins are already underneath so it shouldn’t be long before they are back to their former glory.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, last night I decided to try perching the new girls next to Pebbles at bedtime. I waited until it was dark when all the girls were settled and then lifted Freckles and Rusty from the cat box and placed them on the perch next to Pebbles.<\/p>\n
They settled and made no attempt to move from the perch.<\/p>\n
![\"Freckles](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/got_to-get_balanced.jpg\")
<\/a>Freckles gets her balance on the perch<\/p><\/div>\n
Once again Pebbles appears to looking at her as if wondering what on earth she is up to.<\/p>\n
![\"The](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/settled_for_the_night.jpg\")
<\/a>The little girls are settled for the night<\/p><\/div>\n
I checked back ten minutes later and they were still settled so I locked them up for the night.<\/p>\n
I went out this morning before the automatic door opened and when I opened the main door the three little girls were still on their perch. Freckles and Rusty had no problem jumping down from the perch with Pebbles a few seconds behind them.<\/p>\n
This is a good start and now that I know that they can perch for the night I just need to teach them to go there by themselves. It may take a few nights but I am sure we will get there soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peaches and Barley were the last two girls to stop laying and start moulting. Whereas the other girls started earlier and had a slow moult, these two, are having a fast moult. There are piles of feathers in the chicken … Continue reading