{"id":24670,"date":"2018-03-22T19:02:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24670"},"modified":"2018-03-22T19:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:02:31","slug":"bedtime-routine-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24670","title":{"rendered":"Bedtime routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the weather has changed the bedtime routine has changed and not for the better! Emerald and Speckles have taken to perching over the hatch at bedtime. Emerald settles there first and then Speckles joins her.<\/p>\n

The little girls gather around the pop hole to go in or if I go up later they will have perched inside but Emerald and Speckles show no sign of going in. They always used to go in first and were followed by the little girls. I really think that if I didn’t move them they would stay out for the night. I am not happy about that!<\/p>\n

I move them from the perch to the table and then shepherd them towards the chicken shed. Emerald goes in first followed by Speckles. It is a pain having to do this every night and I worry that if we were ever away overnight they wouldn’t go in. I can’t understand why they have suddenly started doing this.<\/p>\n

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Emerald and Speckles perch here at bedtime<\/p><\/div>\n

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Speckles comb is amazing<\/p><\/div>\n

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I shepherd them towards the chicken shed<\/p><\/div>\n

They trot off like naughty children looking a bit sheepish. I am sure they know that I don’t want them to do this. I just hope that I can break this habit. I think I will try moving them a bit earlier and see if I can get them back to going in first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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