{"id":27263,"date":"2018-12-19T15:41:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27263"},"modified":"2018-12-19T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:34:05","slug":"a-smaller-pellet-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27263","title":{"rendered":"A smaller pellet dish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a bit of a light bulb moment. Instead of getting a bigger plant pot tray I decided to try a smaller dish for the pellets. I have plenty of assorted dishes. A smaller dish would make it difficult for Smoke to stand in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27275\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27275\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27275\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27275\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smoke-takes-a-look-at-the-smaller-dish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smoke-takes-a-look-at-the-smaller-dish.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smoke-takes-a-look-at-the-smaller-dish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/smoke-takes-a-look-at-the-smaller-dish-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke takes a look at the smaller dish<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Smoke took one look and then turned around and marched off. I could almost read her thoughts saying &#8220;Really! what&#8217;s the fun in that!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27276\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27276\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27276\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27276\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dandelion-shows-how-it-is-done.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dandelion-shows-how-it-is-done.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dandelion-shows-how-it-is-done-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dandelion-shows-how-it-is-done-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dandelion shows how it is done<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I may experiment and try it with and without the tray. It would be easier for the little girls without the tray but they may just flick the pellets out. It&#8217;s a work in progress. The bigger girls are able to easily reach over the tray.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27277\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27277\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27277\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27277\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/flame-looks-a-sorry-sight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/flame-looks-a-sorry-sight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/flame-looks-a-sorry-sight-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/flame-looks-a-sorry-sight-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flame looks a sorry sight<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Flame continues to look very shabby and is still lacking in confidence. I am still putting her on the perch at bedtime. I have never had a girl moult to the extent that they couldn&#8217;t get to the perch before. I will be so pleased when she has wing feathers again. I think with no wing or tail feathers she hasn&#8217;t the confidence to jump to the perch.<\/p>\n<p>We will all be glad when moulting is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a bit of a light bulb moment. Instead of getting a bigger plant pot tray I decided to try a smaller dish for the pellets. I have plenty of assorted dishes. 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