![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-line-up-on-the-other-side-of-the-shed.jpg\")
<\/a>This was the line up on the other side of the shed<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-three-bigger-girls-on-the-back-perch.jpg\")
<\/a>The three bigger girls were on the back perch<\/p><\/div>\n
I just watched and photographed the amigos as they all tried to get into position.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/vanilla-and-marmite-are-first-up-to-the-perch.jpg\")
<\/a>Vanilla and Marmite are first up to the perch<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spangle-joins-them-and-smoke-is-on-the-back-perch.jpg\")
<\/a>Spangle joins them and Smoke is on the back perch<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/salmon-is-half-way-and-smoke-is-looking-for-a-way-up.jpg\")
<\/a>Salmon is half way and Smoke is looking for a way up<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smoke-is-up-but-has-knocked-salmon-down-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Smoke is up but has toppled Salmon down<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/finally-they-all-make-it-to-the-perch.jpg\")
<\/a>Finally they all make it to the perch<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spangle-turns-to-face-the-same-way-as-the-other-girls.jpg\")
<\/a>Spangle turns to face the same way as the other girls<\/p><\/div>\n
I can see that the problem is that the perch isn’t long enough to make it easy for the girls to jump to a good sized gap although it is long enough once they are all up. The problem is that there is extra space nearest the door but they all want to jump up nearest the back corner.<\/p>\n
Several times Salmon jumped for the middle and landed on top of the other girls. This causes lots of flapping and some girls were getting toppled down again. Smoke once again went for the back perch but changed her mind when the others were all on the side perch. She actually went back outside the pop hole before coming back in and trying again. She managed to force her way into the middle of the group.<\/p>\n
I think that they all like to be in the middle positions which causes lots of jostling and unbalancing. I felt quite pleased though that they all managed to get up in the end. I think that having done it once they will now perch themselves every night.<\/p>\n
It would actually be easier for them to perch on the back perch but chickens are habitual and I think they will now want to stay with this perch. I hope that it will get easier with practice. This is the first time I have had more than three girls at a time learning to perch which has made it a little trickier.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see how they get on tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night was the fifth evening since starting to perch the amigos. I had decided to try them on the back perch but they had other ideas. To my surprise when I went to check on them they were already … Continue reading