{"id":32045,"date":"2020-10-17T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T14:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32045"},"modified":"2020-10-17T14:39:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T14:39:19","slug":"perching-and-a-new-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32045","title":{"rendered":"Perching and a new tail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shadow and sugar love to perch and they have managed to find every single perch in the chicken run. The least used perch is the branch perch behind the hatch. The other two branch perches have the ladders leading up to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However the chicks have even found this perch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/look-how-high-we-can-perch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/look-how-high-we-can-perch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/look-how-high-we-can-perch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/look-how-high-we-can-perch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Look how high we can perch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/these-girls-can-fly-upwards-with-ease.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/these-girls-can-fly-upwards-with-ease.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/these-girls-can-fly-upwards-with-ease-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/these-girls-can-fly-upwards-with-ease-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>These girls can fly straight upwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-close-up-to-show-shadow-and-sugars-feathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-close-up-to-show-shadow-and-sugars-feathering.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-close-up-to-show-shadow-and-sugars-feathering-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a-close-up-to-show-shadow-and-sugars-feathering-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>A close up to show Shadow and sugar&#8217;s feathering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I had taken the photos of the chicks perching Speckles posed for me on top of the small shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/speckles-now-has-a-full-tail-after-her-moult.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/speckles-now-has-a-full-tail-after-her-moult.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/speckles-now-has-a-full-tail-after-her-moult-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/speckles-now-has-a-full-tail-after-her-moult-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Speckles now has a full tail after her moult<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speckles was the first of the girls to moult and she is now the only one looking pristine and with a full tail. Salmon still looks a bit tatty and Spangle has only one remaining tail feather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be good to get all the girls completely feathered up before winter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shadow and sugar love to perch and they have managed to find every single perch in the chicken run. The least used perch is the branch perch behind the hatch. 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