{"id":22541,"date":"2017-09-04T06:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22541"},"modified":"2017-09-04T06:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T06:39:44","slug":"the-shelter-gets-a-new-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22541","title":{"rendered":"The shelter gets a new perch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I felt that our wooden shelter could do with another perch a bit further inside it as the existing perch is on it&#8217;s front edge and it has a platform at the back. I wanted to get the girls used to another perch before winter in the hope that this would mean they would use it in winter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22556\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22556\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22556\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22556\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/speckles_on_top_of_the_shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/speckles_on_top_of_the_shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/speckles_on_top_of_the_shelter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/speckles_on_top_of_the_shelter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wooden shelter before getting an extra perch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speckles likes to stand on top of the shelter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22557\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22557\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22557\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22557\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/apricot_demonstrates_the_new_perch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/apricot_demonstrates_the_new_perch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/apricot_demonstrates_the_new_perch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/apricot_demonstrates_the_new_perch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shelter has a new perch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apricot demonstrates the new perch. She is the easiest of the girls to pick up so I use her for trying out new perches. I hope that the girls will soon discover this perch for themselves making it more likely that they will perch there on cold, windy days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I felt that our wooden shelter could do with another perch a bit further inside it as the existing perch is on it&#8217;s front edge and it has a platform at the back. 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