{"id":19398,"date":"2017-02-17T10:18:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T10:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19398"},"modified":"2017-02-17T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T10:18:19","slug":"spring-is-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19398","title":{"rendered":"Spring is in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is definitely in the chicken run. The girls are vocal, Emerald and Speckles are now jumping on the gate and then Speckles to my shoulder from there. The girls have a spring in their step and I am sure all thoughts are turning to egg laying.<\/p>\n<p>There are snowdrops in the garden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19425\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19425\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19425\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19425\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/snowdrops_in_the_garden.jpg\" alt=\"Snowdrops in the garden\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/snowdrops_in_the_garden.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/snowdrops_in_the_garden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/snowdrops_in_the_garden-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowdrops in the garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A red kite has been calling and was perched in a neighbours tree. A bit too far for a good photo, this was the best we could do.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19426\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19426\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19426\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19426\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_red_kite_in_a_nieghbours_tree.jpg\" alt=\"A red kite in the tree\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_red_kite_in_a_nieghbours_tree.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_red_kite_in_a_nieghbours_tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_red_kite_in_a_nieghbours_tree-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A red kite in the tree<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t resist these from our local D.I.Y. store.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19428\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19428\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19428\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pink_primulas.jpg\" alt=\"Pink primulas\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pink_primulas.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pink_primulas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/pink_primulas-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink primulas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I just loved the colour and they are appropriately, for us, named &#8220;Antique Shades&#8221;. We have an abundance of primulas in our garden but mostly yellow and none in this irresistible shade of pink.<\/p>\n<p>I will be planting them out later. I am definitely feeling a much welcomed bit of spring in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is definitely in the chicken run. The girls are vocal, Emerald and Speckles are now jumping on the gate and then Speckles to my shoulder from there. 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