{"id":26553,"date":"2018-09-28T08:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T08:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=26553"},"modified":"2018-09-28T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T08:59:49","slug":"the-second-evening-teaching-the-amigos-to-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=26553","title":{"rendered":"The second evening teaching the amigos to perch"},"content":{"rendered":"

last night I went out again after dark and moved the amigos from the back corner to the perch. This time I made sure that Salmon and Vanilla were in the middle of the group. I put Smoke and Spangle on the outsides as these two girls are the bravest girls. They are always the first to try anything new.<\/p>\n

This strategy worked for Salmon as she stayed put. Only Vanilla jumped down and the other four stayed on the perch. Again I would close the door then a minute later take a peek in. Three times Vanilla jumped down and I replaced her back on the perch.<\/p>\n

On the fourth time that she jumped down I opened the door to see her trying to jump back up in the dark. I helped her up and checked back a minute later to find all the girls still perched. I left it another minute then checked again and they were still all perched.<\/p>\n

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The amigos all stayed on the perch<\/p><\/div>\n

As it was dark I guessed where to shoot a photo so it’s a bit cropped but it shows their positions. I am really pleased that on only the second night they have stayed perched.<\/p>\n

Tonight I will change strategy slightly and try perching them a bit earlier. I will see what happens if I try to perch them when they first go in before it’s properly dark. I hope that this may help to teach them to perch by themselves.<\/p>\n

This will be ongoing for a while but I feel certain that we will get there soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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