{"id":22297,"date":"2017-08-18T08:29:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T08:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22297"},"modified":"2017-08-18T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T08:29:54","slug":"things-are-getting-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22297","title":{"rendered":"Things are getting better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I gave out the bedtime treat and then, at the time that on the evening before Rusty had been stood on the grit box looking poorly, she took another dust bath accompanied by, Freckles, Apricot and Dandelion.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference. She still has a mucky bottom which may be why she is having so many dust baths. She is looking back to normal apart from that so for now I am leaving her be. If it doesn&#8217;t clean up in a day or two I may try giving her wash.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22323\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22323\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22323\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22323\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/communal_dust_bath_before_bedtime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/communal_dust_bath_before_bedtime.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/communal_dust_bath_before_bedtime-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/communal_dust_bath_before_bedtime-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Communal dust bath before bedtime<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22325\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22325\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22325\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22325\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/four_girls_in_a_row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/four_girls_in_a_row.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/four_girls_in_a_row-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/four_girls_in_a_row-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four girls in a row<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22326\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22326\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22326\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22326\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_in_her_bedtime_spot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_in_her_bedtime_spot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_in_her_bedtime_spot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_in_her_bedtime_spot-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald in her usual spot before bedtime<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the bedtime treat Emerald always sits on her favourite perch and she will stay there until she goes in the chicken shed for the night. She is a creature of habit and when we go up for a last look at the girls after dinner she will stay there whilst all the others come running to greet us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22327\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22327\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22327\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22327\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/speckles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/speckles.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/speckles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/speckles-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22328\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22328\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22328\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22328\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinnamon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cinnamon is a bit of a loner and is often wandering the run on her own. She soon settled to digging before bedtime which is her habit.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to have a bit of normality after a drama filled week and I hope things settle and stay this way. I have had quite enough excitement for one week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I gave out the bedtime treat and then, at the time that on the evening before Rusty had been stood on the grit box looking poorly, she took another dust bath accompanied by, Freckles, Apricot and Dandelion. 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