{"id":24827,"date":"2018-04-07T07:55:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T07:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24827"},"modified":"2018-04-07T07:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T07:55:25","slug":"time-to-get-tough-at-bedtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24827","title":{"rendered":"Time to get tough at bedtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a lovely sunny day. After our evening meal I checked on the girls and the little girls were in the chicken shed but Emerald and Speckles were perched above the hatch as usual.<\/p>\n

I decided that as it was still light and bright that maybe the little girls were going in a bit early. I decided to do an experiment. I decided to go back at dusk and see if the two bigger girls would put themselves to bed if I left them too it.<\/p>\n

They didn’t. They were still perched above the hatch and the pop hole was closed!<\/p>\n

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Emerald and Speckles at eight o’clock<\/p><\/div>\n

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The pop hole is closed<\/p><\/div>\n

I had to open the door and let them in. Now that I know that they definitely won’t go in without me telling them to I need to be a bit more brutal.<\/p>\n

From tonight I am starting a new regime. Instead of telling them to go in I am going to silently pick them up and put them in. Maybe they will decide that they don’t like this and start going in before this happens.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if it will work but I have to try to break this habit. In August we have a trip planned to a friend’s birthday get together. It involves an overnight stay. I would like to be able to depend on the girls going in. Even in August it could rain overnight and the girls would get wet if they perched over the hatch.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if I can break this habit but I am going to try. Tonight we start with the new, tougher, regime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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