{"id":24798,"date":"2018-04-04T09:23:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24798"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:23:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:23:58","slug":"flock-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24798","title":{"rendered":"Flock mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love the way my flock does everything together. I had no ideas or photos for a blog post so I went in with my camera and just bobbed down on the chicken&#8217;s patio area.<\/p>\n<p>The girls all ran to me to see if I had anything for them. Emerald looked as if she wanted to peck the camera just in case I was tricking her into thinking that I had nothing for them.<\/p>\n<p>They decided that I did indeed have nothing for them. Nothing for it but to go to the water and the food dish instead. Might as well as they were on the patio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24815\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24815\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24815\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24815\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/four-girls-have-a-drink.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/four-girls-have-a-drink.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/four-girls-have-a-drink-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/four-girls-have-a-drink-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four girls have a drink<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24816\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24816\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24816\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24816\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/communal-drinking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/communal-drinking.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/communal-drinking-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/communal-drinking-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Communal drinking<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24817\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24817\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24817\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24817\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24817\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/it-switches-to-three-girls-at-the-food-dish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/it-switches-to-three-girls-at-the-food-dish.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/it-switches-to-three-girls-at-the-food-dish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/it-switches-to-three-girls-at-the-food-dish-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It switches to three girls at the food dish<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24818\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24818\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24818\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24818\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24818\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-loins-them-at-the-food-dish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-loins-them-at-the-food-dish.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-loins-them-at-the-food-dish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-loins-them-at-the-food-dish-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles joins them at the food dish<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24819\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24819\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24819\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24819\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-moves-to-the-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-moves-to-the-water.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-moves-to-the-water-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-moves-to-the-water-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles moves to the water<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24820\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24820\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24820\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24820\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/three-girls-at-the-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/three-girls-at-the-water.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/three-girls-at-the-water-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/three-girls-at-the-water-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three girls at the water<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24821\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24821\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24821\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24821\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apricot-does-her-own-thing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apricot-does-her-own-thing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apricot-does-her-own-thing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apricot-does-her-own-thing-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricot does her own thing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chickens are so communal but as I have mentioned before Apricot is a bit of a loner. She also came to the patio area to see me but she doesn&#8217;t feel the need to join in with the girls every time. Apricot does things in her own time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this she is the friendliest of them all. She also briefly went in the nest box this morning. I think Apricot and Dandelion may start laying soon.<\/p>\n<p>I love watching the flock doing everything together. They are such a close flock. I am thinking about adding new girls soon. That may just rock their world a little!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the way my flock does everything together. I had no ideas or photos for a blog post so I went in with my camera and just bobbed down on the chicken&#8217;s patio area. 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