{"id":28934,"date":"2019-06-08T17:38:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28934"},"modified":"2019-06-08T17:48:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:48:30","slug":"chicken-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28934","title":{"rendered":"Chicken behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ebony has been broody for two weeks. At the end of the day I close the nest boxes and this makes broody Smoke go and perch up in the chicken shed. Not Ebony though. She sits on the top of the nest box until I put her on a perch once the pop hole has closed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28947\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28947\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28947\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28947\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ebony-settles-on-top-of-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ebony-settles-on-top-of-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ebony-settles-on-top-of-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ebony-settles-on-top-of-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony settles on the top of the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since the weather warmed up Speckles started wanting to sleep outside as she does every summer. After the first few days of doing this Cinnamon started joining her. This is something that Cinnamon has never done before. Since we lost Dandelion, Cinnamon has firmly attached herself to Speckles and I think it is a case of where Speckles goes Cinnamon goes too.<\/p>\n<p>I think that because Ebony is broody this has stopped her from joining Speckles as she has done in the past and probably will do again in the future. It was still quite light when I took this photo but it was to show that this is where they settle and they are still here at dusk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28948\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28948\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28948\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28948\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/these-two-have-taken-to-staying-out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/these-two-have-taken-to-staying-out.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/these-two-have-taken-to-staying-out-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/these-two-have-taken-to-staying-out-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These two have taken to staying outside<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the moment I put Ebony in and then I go and collect these two. Because Cinnamon is so tiny I am able to take both girls at once. I pick up Speckles and settle her under my left arm and then pick up Cinnamon in my right hand.<\/p>\n<p>I put Cinnamon on the perch with Jasmine and then use both hands to put Speckles on the perch with Ebony and Flame. This is the evening ritual for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebony has been broody for two weeks. At the end of the day I close the nest boxes and this makes broody Smoke go and perch up in the chicken shed. Not Ebony though. 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