{"id":289,"date":"2012-07-06T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2012-07-06T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T17:51:08","slug":"our-first-week-with-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Our first week with chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

First I just want to quickly update on Pepper. I talked to the vet at our pet store today and he said everything I am doing is correct. He said it really does take 5 days and if she is not better by the start of next week, I could take her in but he didn’t seem to be too worried and she does seem slightly improved.<\/p>\n

Now we move on to the next problem. We think Poppy is a roo. The other two hang together all the time while she (I am going to continue to call her “she” until we are certain), is often off on her own. We had noticed that she has bigger feet and longer legs, she is also taller and much more upright. When we gave them the maggots this afternoon, poppy found them first and gave a loud call which had the other two running straight over. Finally we noticed her tail is longer and curved while the other two have quite rounded tails.<\/p>\n

The better news is that Pepper may not be so bad as I thought because I had been comparing her shape to the sleek upright shape of Poppy as they were the same size and are the same age. I can now see little Dotty (two weeks younger) developing the same shaped chest. Both Dotty and Pepper have pigeon shaped chests and are low to the ground where as poppy is sleek and upright. All the more reason to think she is a roo. They have changed so much in just a week.<\/p>\n

I wanted to show this with pictures but they are not great as it rained most of the day and it was really difficult to get the three of them together, unlike the other day when I couldn’t get \u00a0them to part.<\/p>\n

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Poppy on the right has bigger feet and a longer tail<\/p><\/div>\n

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Poppy has a roo like tail<\/p><\/div>\n

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All three on the perch<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the first time I have seen all three on the perch. Although it’s not a great photo as I had to take it from outside, I wanted to include it to show their new skill. I can’t get one from inside as they all jump off. Do they feel safer with the mesh between us?<\/p>\n

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