{"id":19424,"date":"2017-02-18T08:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T08:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19424"},"modified":"2017-02-18T08:52:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T08:52:43","slug":"dust-bath-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=19424","title":{"rendered":"Dust bath heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was such a lovely day. We spent some time in the garden and I planted my pink primulas and filled a few empty tubs.<\/p>\n<p>The girls had a massive communal dust bathing session. Freckles doesn&#8217;t join in the communal sessions but looks on and pecks around the edge of the group. She seems to prefer to dust bath when it&#8217;s just her and Rusty together. The other five were having a great time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19437\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19437\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19437\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19437\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/peaches_and_barley_both_play_dead.jpg\" alt=\"Peaches and Rusty both play dead\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/peaches_and_barley_both_play_dead.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/peaches_and_barley_both_play_dead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/peaches_and_barley_both_play_dead-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaches and Rusty both play dead<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19438\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19438\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19438\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19438\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/emeralds_head_upside_down.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald's head is upside down\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/emeralds_head_upside_down.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/emeralds_head_upside_down-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/emeralds_head_upside_down-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald twists her head upside down<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19439\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19439\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19439\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19439\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_pecks_nearby.jpg\" alt=\"Freckles pecks around the edge of the dust bath area\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_pecks_nearby.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_pecks_nearby-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_pecks_nearby-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freckles pecks around the edge of the dust bath area<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19440\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19440\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19440\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19440\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_lovely_time.jpg\" alt=\"They are having a lovely time\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_lovely_time.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_lovely_time-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/a_lovely_time-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They are having a lovely time<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19442\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19442\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19442\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19442\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_watches.jpg\" alt=\"Freckles watches the action\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_watches.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_watches-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/freckles_watches-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freckles watches the action<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The had a good long session and were having such a lovely time. This is always such fun to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was such a lovely day. We spent some time in the garden and I planted my pink primulas and filled a few empty tubs. The girls had a massive communal dust bathing session. 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