{"id":18709,"date":"2016-12-28T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T18:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=18709"},"modified":"2016-12-28T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T18:20:35","slug":"freckles-and-rusty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=18709","title":{"rendered":"Freckles and Rusty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freckles and Rusty love pecking at the pine shavings in the chicken shed. Every morning when I poop pick, they keep me company, pecking away together.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when I go in to the run they appear to be missing. I soon spot them pecking away just inside the pop hole. I assume they like this spot as it allows in enough light to help with their pecking. There is nothing to be had in the shavings but they just love to scratch and peck in them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18726\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18726\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18726\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18726\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/freckles_and_rusty_pecking_together.jpg\" alt=\"Freckles and Rusty pecking together\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/freckles_and_rusty_pecking_together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/freckles_and_rusty_pecking_together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/freckles_and_rusty_pecking_together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freckles and Rusty pecking together<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18727\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18727\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18727\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18727\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rustys_close_up_in_the_pop_hole.jpg\" alt=\"Rusty's close up\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rustys_close_up_in_the_pop_hole.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rustys_close_up_in_the_pop_hole-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rustys_close_up_in_the_pop_hole-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rusty&#8217;s close up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this photo you can see that Rusty&#8217;s silky feathers are more like hairs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18728\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18728\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18728\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18728\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pecking_in_unison.jpg\" alt=\"Pecking in unison\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pecking_in_unison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pecking_in_unison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pecking_in_unison-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pecking in unison<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18729\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=18729\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18729\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18729\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/and_again.jpg\" alt=\"And again\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/and_again.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/and_again-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/and_again-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And again<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Freckles and Rusty are a really close pair and are always together. What ever one of them does the other will do too. They are never far from each other and they are an incredibly cute pair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freckles and Rusty love pecking at the pine shavings in the chicken shed. Every morning when I poop pick, they keep me company, pecking away together. Sometimes when I go in to the run they appear to be missing. 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