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<\/a>Rusty in the sun<\/p><\/div>\n
It would be easy to be quite alarmed because that open beak would usually be a sign that they are overheating and trying to cool themselves through their beak but the thing with Rusty is that every time I moved her to the shade she would spring back to a patch of sun and do this again. She is spreading her wings to the sun. There is plenty of shade in the run but she is choosing to sit in a patch of sun.<\/p>\n
I have to remind myself that seramas originate from Malaysia where their breed were used to heat and surely she would know if she was getting too hot. However I decided to distract her and cool all the girls down by offering them a dish of peas.<\/p>\n
I put frozen peas in a dish of water so that they were defrosted but the peas and the water were still cold. I have done this in the past to cool the girls in hot weather. They get cold peas and some cold water with them.<\/p>\n
This is the first time I have done this since I have had the little girls though and new things can be a bit scary.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/rusty_stretches-her-neck_to_examin_the_peas.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty stretched her neck to examine the peas<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/she_is_plucking_up_the_courage_to_try_one.jpg\")
<\/a>She was plucking up the courage to try one<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/she_takes_one_from_the_patio.jpg\")
<\/a>She takes one I put on the patio<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/speckles_takes_one_from_the_patio.jpg\")
<\/a>Speckles also takes one from the patio<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/only_emerald_takes_the_peas-from_the_dish.jpg\")
<\/a>Only Emerald took the peas from the dish<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/emerald_is_happy_to_take_them_from_the_dish.jpg\")
<\/a>Emerald was happy to take the peas from the dish<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/freckles_takes_a_look.jpg\")
<\/a>Freckles takes a look but was also only happy to take them from the patio<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/apricot_takes_them_from_the_patio.jpg\")
<\/a>Apricot takes them from the patio too<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Apricot taking peas from the patio<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dandelion_and_cinamon_take_them_from_the_patio.jpg\")
<\/a>Dandelion and Cinnamon take peas from the patio too<\/p><\/div>\n
My previous girls were happy to take the peas from a dish of water but it seems not these girls. As only Emerald was happy with this I wonder if it is because she remembers this from before.<\/p>\n
I emptied out the water from the dish but the little girls still didn’t want to take the peas from the dish. I gave in and tipped the peas on to the patio and gradually they all got eaten.<\/p>\n
These girls are so funny about how they like things. In future I will just sprinkle the peas on the patio. I think it helped cool them down a bit though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are going through a bit of a heat wave at the moment and yesterday was particularly hot and sunny all day. A few times I checked on the girls and found Rusty like this. It would be easy to … Continue reading