{"id":26688,"date":"2018-10-15T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=26688"},"modified":"2018-10-15T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:10:11","slug":"another-change-to-the-bedtime-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=26688","title":{"rendered":"Another change to the bedtime line up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the silky girls managed to join the bigger girls at bedtime. I think as it is getting colder they don&#8217;t want to perch on their own. Last winter all the little girls joined the bigger girls on the back perch for the duration of winter.<\/p>\n<p>The line up was a bit different then due to changes in the flock. This is the first winter for the silky girls and the amigos. I think the five amigos are a large enough number to keep each other warm.<\/p>\n<p>Last year on the back perch were Emerald, Speckles, Rusty, Freckles, Dandelion, Cinnamon and Apricot.<\/p>\n<p>This year we have Speckles, Ebony, Flame, Dandelion, Cinnamon, Sienna and Jasmine. It&#8217;s the same number but different girls due to losses and new arrivals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26699\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26699\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26699\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26699\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-line-up-at-the-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-line-up-at-the-back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-line-up-at-the-back-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-line-up-at-the-back-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line up at the back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I notice that Dandelion has still managed to perch as far away from the silky girls as possible whilst Cinnamon is in between them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26700\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26700\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26700\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26700\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-five-amigos-last-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-five-amigos-last-night.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-five-amigos-last-night-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/the-five-amigos-last-night-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The five amigos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have also noticed that is always Spangle who ends up with the outside position.<\/p>\n<p>With two bigger groups perching together I am happy that they will all keep each other warm. I think they have it all nicely sorted out before winter arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the silky girls managed to join the bigger girls at bedtime. I think as it is getting colder they don&#8217;t want to perch on their own. 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