{"id":19159,"date":"2017-02-09T08:51:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T08:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19159"},"modified":"2017-02-09T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T08:51:07","slug":"the-morning-tumble-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19159","title":{"rendered":"The morning tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until recently the automatic door on the pop hole hadn’t opened until after eight o’clock. I go out to the girls earlier than that and simply open the door and let them out and then clean up the chicken shed.<\/p>\n

They are always happy to come out as early as possible. With the days getting longer though there has been a shift and the door has been opening at any time between twenty to eight or ten to eight depending on how bright the morning is. I decided to try holding off in the morning and to go out a little later so that I could photograph the girls coming out through the pop hole.<\/p>\n

\"Five<\/a>

Ten to eight on the first morning<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rusty<\/a>

Rusty is the first to squeeze under the door, closely followed by Freckles<\/p><\/div>\n

Rusty squeezes under when the door has opened only a couple of inches and Freckles comes out right behind her.<\/p>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles is third out<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Peaches<\/a>

Peaches is fourth and Emerald is fifth<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley is sixth out and has just pushed in front of Peaches<\/p><\/div>\n

They come out so quickly that my camera isn’t fast enough to catch them all. I decided to try over several mornings to capture them all.<\/p>\n

My second morning of trying to capture the morning tumble.<\/p>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald is about to come out, third, after Freckles second and Rusty first.<\/p><\/div>\n

I wasn’t fast enough to catch Freckles.<\/p>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald in third place<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Peaches<\/a>

Peaches is followed by Barley, fourth and fifth out<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles is last out<\/p><\/div>\n

This was my third attempt. Rusty is first out every morning.<\/p>\n

\"Barley<\/a>

Barley and Freckles are out together in second place behind Rusty<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald and Speckles are out next with Peaches last out<\/p><\/div>\n

It all happens so quickly that my camera just can’t keep up. Rusty is always first and Freckles second. After that it seems to be a free for all.<\/p>\n

Okay, fourth attempt at this.<\/p>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles coming out in third place<\/p><\/div>\n

As always Rusty was first with Freckles right beside her.<\/p>\n

\"Emerald<\/a>

Emerald is last out<\/p><\/div>\n

I couldn’t resist keeping going with this. Another attempt to catch Freckles coming out failed. The door is now opening at twenty five to eight.<\/p>\n

\"Freckles<\/a>

Freckles and Rusty are first out as always<\/p><\/div>\n

I must have been so lucky to catch Rusty coming out the first morning I started this. On this morning I clicked the camera as soon as the door started to open but Freckles and Rusty were out so quickly. As you can see the door has only lifted a few inches. They have the advantage of being small as well as speedy.<\/p>\n

On day five I thought I would have one last try to catch Freckles coming out. I knew that I must click the camera at the first sound of the door lifting.<\/p>\n

\"Freckles<\/a>

Freckles is about to come out in second place behind Rusty<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Speckles<\/a>

Speckles once more comes out in third place<\/p><\/div>\n

I seem doomed not get a shot of Freckles actually coming out. After five days of doing this it’s time to give up on that one shot.<\/p>\n

I can conclude that Rusty always comes out first closely followed by Freckles. I can tell that they are all waiting behind the door for it to open and the little girls being so speedy and small means they always get out first.<\/p>\n

Speckles is usually third and the rest seem to vary but it’s obvious that they all try to get out as quickly as they can. They can’t wait for the door to lift even though it only takes seconds. They all manage to squeeze through before the door is even half way up.<\/p>\n

My favourite photo is the very first one I took which captures Rusty perfectly, flattening herself, to get under the door as quickly as she can. What an escape artist. She can get through a very small gap. It’s been a fun and interesting exercise.<\/p>\n

I am going to repeat that first photo here to save you having to scroll back up to see it again.<\/p>\n

\"Rusty<\/a>

Rusty is first to squeeze under the door<\/p><\/div>\n

I always take lots of photos so that I get the shot that I want but time and time again the first photo is the best one and the one that I go with. I don’t think I could repeat this photo no matter how many times I tried. It captures Rusty’s eagerness to get under the door absolutely perfectly and this little routine goes on every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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