{"id":3151,"date":"2013-03-01T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2013-03-01T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:54:43","slug":"close-ups-of-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"Close ups of the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I wanted to take some close ups of the girls and capture their faces. This is incredibly difficult as they always move just as I click and unlike other pets won&#8217;t look up when you call their name. Many of the best ones were blurred as they moved when I clicked, chickens are not still for more than seconds!<\/p>\n<p>Bluebell is the easiest to photograph and Pepper is incredibly difficult, it&#8217;s almost as if she is camera shy. She won&#8217;t look to camera and always dips her head or turns away as I click. I did my best!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3163\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebell.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3163\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3163\" alt=\"Bluebell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebell.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebell.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebell-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebell<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3164\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebells_close_up.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3164\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3164\" alt=\"Bluebell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebells_close_up.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebells_close_up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bluebells_close_up-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I managed to capture Bluebell from each side of her floppy comb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3165\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dottys_close_up.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3165\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3165\" alt=\"Dotty\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dottys_close_up.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dottys_close_up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dottys_close_up-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3166\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dotty.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3166\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3166\" alt=\"Dotty\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dotty.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dotty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/dotty-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This shows the black mark on Dotty&#8217;s beak, she also has longer wattles than Pepper.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3167\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peppers_close_up.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3167\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3167\" alt=\"Pepper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peppers_close_up.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peppers_close_up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/peppers_close_up-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3168\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pepper.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3168\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3168\" alt=\"Pepper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pepper.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pepper.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pepper-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was such a shame that Bluebell turned her head away just as I clicked but I have included it because it is a rare one of Pepper&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p>I think there 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