{"id":18694,"date":"2016-12-26T17:19:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2016-12-26T17:19:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T17:19:29","slug":"funky-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=18694","title":{"rendered":"Funky Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband said that he was determined not to buy me any chicken gifts this year but he saw something that he couldn&#8217;t resist. I often remark that when Peaches and Barley stand on the high perches and stretch their necks upwards to watch us in the garden, they look just like rubber chickens.<\/p>\n<p>He saw this and just had to get it for me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18712\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18712\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18712\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/funky_chicken.jpg\" alt=\"I instantly named her Funky Chicken\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/funky_chicken.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/funky_chicken-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/funky_chicken-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I instantly named her Funky Chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18714\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18714\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18714\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18714\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/on_the_chicken_door.jpg\" alt=\"We decided to hang her from the chicken's door\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/on_the_chicken_door.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/on_the_chicken_door-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/on_the_chicken_door-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We decided to hang her from the chicken&#8217;s door<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18715\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18715\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18715\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18715\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/new_home.jpg\" alt=\"Funky Chicken's new home\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/new_home.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/new_home-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/new_home-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funky Chicken&#8217;s new home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My husband also bought me some lights for inside the chicken shed. At this time of year the mornings are so dark that I poop pick the chicken shed by torch light.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18716\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18716\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18716\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18716\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lights_in_the_chicken_shed.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken shed lights\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lights_in_the_chicken_shed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lights_in_the_chicken_shed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lights_in_the_chicken_shed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken shed lights<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These lights have batteries and you just press the globe to switch it on and off. It means I won&#8217;t have to take a torch in with me.<\/p>\n<p>We always buy each other several small gifts as there isn&#8217;t much that we need at our age but these sort of gifts are thoughtful and fun. I really like my Funky Chicken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband said that he was determined not to buy me any chicken gifts this year but he saw something that he couldn&#8217;t resist. 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