{"id":24759,"date":"2018-03-29T07:10:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24759"},"modified":"2018-03-29T07:10:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:10:19","slug":"changing-the-bedtime-habit-is-going-to-more-difficult-than-i-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24759","title":{"rendered":"Changing the bedtime habit is going to more difficult than I thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night when I checked the girls before bedtime they were settled on a different perch. They were on the perch the other side of the hatch.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I walked through the gate Speckles jumped down. I think that Speckles wouldn&#8217;t do this without Emerald. She just copies Emerald and likes to keep her company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24768\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24768\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24768\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24768\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/the-perch-on-the-other-side-of-the-hatch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/the-perch-on-the-other-side-of-the-hatch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/the-perch-on-the-other-side-of-the-hatch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/the-perch-on-the-other-side-of-the-hatch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald is on the perch on the other side of the hatch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speckles headed towards the chicken shed but not Emerald. She was trying to make sense of the perch by the hatch being blocked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24769\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24769\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24769\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24769\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/emerald-trying-to-work-out-where-the-perch-has-gone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/emerald-trying-to-work-out-where-the-perch-has-gone.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/emerald-trying-to-work-out-where-the-perch-has-gone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/emerald-trying-to-work-out-where-the-perch-has-gone-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald trying to work out where the perch has gone<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24770\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24770\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24770\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/she-is-perplexed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/she-is-perplexed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/she-is-perplexed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/she-is-perplexed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She is perplexed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think if the perch wasn&#8217;t blocked she would have perched there even though it is wet which is not good. At this point I guided her down. I only have to put my hand behind her and she jumps down. She then went in the chicken shed.<\/p>\n<p>This habit is going to be more difficult to break than I thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night when I checked the girls before bedtime they were settled on a different perch. They were on the perch the other side of the hatch. As soon as I walked through the gate Speckles jumped down. 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