{"id":24617,"date":"2018-03-18T00:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T00:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24617"},"modified":"2018-03-18T00:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T00:03:54","slug":"another-cold-spell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24617","title":{"rendered":"Another cold spell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it snowed on and off all day and the temperature barely got above freezing. The girls spent most of the day in the shelters. I left the chicken shed door open for most of the day but they weren&#8217;t interested preferring the shelters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24631\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24631\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24631\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24631\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-and-the-little-girls-spend-time-in-the-small-shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-and-the-little-girls-spend-time-in-the-small-shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-and-the-little-girls-spend-time-in-the-small-shelter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-and-the-little-girls-spend-time-in-the-small-shelter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles and the little girls spend time in the small shelter<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24632\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24632\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24632\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24632\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cinnamon-can-just-be-seen-behind-speckles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cinnamon-can-just-be-seen-behind-speckles.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cinnamon-can-just-be-seen-behind-speckles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cinnamon-can-just-be-seen-behind-speckles-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinnamon can just be seen behind Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24633\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24633\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24633\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24633\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Iemerald-is-in-the-large-shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Iemerald-is-in-the-large-shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Iemerald-is-in-the-large-shelter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Iemerald-is-in-the-large-shelter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald is in the large shelter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I felt sorry for Emerald on her own in the large shelter. It&#8217;s a bit of a squeeze for the bigger girls in the small shelter and Emerald rarely ever uses it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24634\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24634\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24634\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24634\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-left-the-small-shelter-to-join-emerald.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-left-the-small-shelter-to-join-emerald.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-left-the-small-shelter-to-join-emerald-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-left-the-small-shelter-to-join-emerald-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles has left the small shelter to join Emerald<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was quite pleased to see Speckles join Emerald and keep her company in the large shelter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24635\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24635\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24635\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24635\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-joined-emerald-in-the-large-shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-joined-emerald-in-the-large-shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-joined-emerald-in-the-large-shelter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-has-joined-emerald-in-the-large-shelter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles has joined Emerald in the large shelter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Emerald was preening the tiny feathers on her legs and I had to wait for her to finish by which time Speckles had dozed off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24636\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24636\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24636\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24636\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-dozes-with-emerald.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-dozes-with-emerald.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-dozes-with-emerald-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/speckles-dozes-with-emerald-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles dozes next to Emerald<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am glad that this cold spell is only forecast to last for a couple of days because I think that the girls are as fed up of this weather as we are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday it snowed on and off all day and the temperature barely got above freezing. The girls spent most of the day in the shelters. 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