{"id":25166,"date":"2018-05-15T06:48:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T06:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25166"},"modified":"2018-05-15T06:48:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T06:48:43","slug":"bigger-girls-and-little-girls-side-by-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25166","title":{"rendered":"Bigger girls and little girls side by side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Emerald and Dandelion wanted to lay their eggs at the same time. I went to check on them and they had both settled together in the same nest box. It is heart warming to see how well the girls of different sizes get along together.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25180\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25180\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emerald-and-dandelion-in-the-nest-box-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emerald-and-dandelion-in-the-nest-box-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emerald-and-dandelion-in-the-nest-box-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emerald-and-dandelion-in-the-nest-box-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald and Dandelion in the nest box together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I next went to check they were both back out in the run and there were their eggs side by side in the nest box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25181\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25181\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25181\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/their-two-eggs-side-by-side-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/their-two-eggs-side-by-side-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/their-two-eggs-side-by-side-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/their-two-eggs-side-by-side-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Their two eggs side by side in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes people worry about having girls of different sizes but in our flock the difference in size is no problem. They share the nest box, they dust bath together and in winter they snuggle up together on the perches. They sit in the sun together and are never far from each other. It is lovely to see the different sized girls in perfect harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Emerald and Dandelion wanted to lay their eggs at the same time. I went to check on them and they had both settled together in the same nest box. 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