{"id":25702,"date":"2018-07-04T15:20:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T15:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25702"},"modified":"2018-07-04T15:20:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T15:20:31","slug":"integration-is-going-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25702","title":{"rendered":"Integration is going well"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been putting the two flocks together every afternoon. I open up the escape holes near the patio area and at the end of the run by the ladder. I have also put another water bottle at the end of the run as while it is so hot I want to be sure that the chicks are always near water. I also add another dish of chick crumb.<\/p>\n

Getting the correct food isn’t an issue at the moment as the chicks will only eat crumb. The bigger girls help themselves to some crumb as it’s a novelty but I don’t think that matters. It has been going really well. Dandelion and Cinnamon chase the chicks at times but they are easily able to run away.<\/p>\n

I think that Dandelion has taken top place out of these two now that Freckles has gone and it’s Cinnamon who does the most chasing which is always typical of the bottom the girl.<\/p>\n

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Jasmine has made it up to the high branch perch<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meanwhile the main flock chill together<\/p><\/div>\n

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The chicks have found the small shelter<\/p><\/div>\n

I am really pleased with how it is progressing and on a completely different note:<\/p>\n

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I am ready to cook the first runner beans of the year<\/p><\/div>\n

I have picked one helping of broad beans, one helping of dwarf beans and three helpings of runner beans. I am also picking courgettes thick and fast. As well as what we have eaten I have cooked many portions for the freezer. I have cooked some with cheese sauce and some with garlic and sun dried tomato puree.<\/p>\n

We will be eating produce from the freezer long after the vegetables in the plot are over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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