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<\/a>Marmite perches and Vanilla is about to jump up<\/p><\/div>\n
At this stage they do a lot of jumping up to the perch and then back down. They like to scratch in the shavings and Smoke was dust bathing. The silky girls and Blue also used to do this. I think it’s because at the breeders they were on shavings so learned to dust bath in shavings first.<\/p>\n
They soon cottoned on to dust bathing in dirt in the run which is much more useful.<\/p>\n
After the pop hole had closed I checked in again and the five amigos were settled in their corner. I think one evening they will suddenly get it, that they can stay on the perch, at bedtime.<\/p>\n
Once again Ebony and Flame were in but Speckles was outside on her own. Tonight I will chase her down before the pop hole closes and see if I can get her to start going in with the other girls. I am surprised that she chooses to stay out on her own. What a daft girl she is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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