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<\/a>The silky girls<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Cinnamon joins Dandelion with the bigger girls<\/p><\/div>\n
Ebony and Cinnamon appear to be wondering what on earth Flame is doing!<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The five amigos<\/p><\/div>\n
I sometimes wonder why the silky girls are not so popular, but in fact, they don’t get bullied or chased and they are at ease within the flock it’s just that they are not favoured. It’s lucky that have each other and they remain inseparable.<\/p>\n
Dandelion and Cinnamon have been with Speckles the longest and as Speckles accepted Ebony and Flame as kindred bigger girls it seems that Dandelion and Cinnamon accepted them as part of their group too.<\/p>\n
The silky girls came along a lot later than than Dandelion and Cinnamon and so are further down the pecking order and then the amigos later still so they are at the bottom of the pecking order. The odd thing is that Dandelion is happy to seek out the amigos company but not the silky girls.<\/p>\n
I guess like us the girls have preferences as to which characters they want to spend time with. I am reluctant to say Dandelion likes or doesn’t like another girl within the flock because I know we can’t humanise the way they think or feel but it’s definitely obvious that Dandelion doesn’t favour the silky girls.<\/p>\n
As the silky girls have each other I don’t suppose they are bothered. It is interesting that within a bigger flock these groups have their own cliques and yet as a whole they are a happy flock and get along together harmoniously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night when I checked the girls at bedtime Cinnamon had joined Dandelion with the bigger girls. Ebony and Cinnamon appear to be wondering what on earth Flame is doing! I sometimes wonder why the silky girls are not so … Continue reading