{"id":34928,"date":"2022-05-14T09:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T09:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=34928"},"modified":"2022-05-14T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T09:14:45","slug":"spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=34928","title":{"rendered":"Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We got Spot at the end of last September when she was five months old. I had waited for two summers to get her because during both those summers the breeder had ended up with ninety percent cockerels and I think she probably only let me have Spot because I had waited so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spot was very nervous when we first had her but I gradually won her confidence and she became very friendly and would eat out of my hand and occasionally jump on my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have had Spot for eight months and she had grown in beauty and in confidence and had a lovely nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February her comb and face became red and she practised in the nest box a couple of times but never laid. After that she never returned to the nest box and at a year and a month old she had never laid an egg which I felt meant that there was something adrift with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think Spot had heart failure as she went very quickly and a heart problem is probably why she never laid. She had such a short life but did have eight happy months with us. <\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-when-we-first-got-her.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-when-we-first-got-her.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-when-we-first-got-her-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-when-we-first-got-her-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot soon after we got her &#8211; October 2021<\/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\/2022\/05\/november-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/november-2021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/november-2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/november-2021-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>November 2021<\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-having-a-fish-treat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-having-a-fish-treat.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-having-a-fish-treat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-having-a-fish-treat-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot having a fish treat &#8211; December 2021<\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-is-just-starting-to-get-a-comb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-is-just-starting-to-get-a-comb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-is-just-starting-to-get-a-comb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-is-just-starting-to-get-a-comb-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot just starting to get a comb &#8211; January 2022<\/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\/2022\/05\/spots-comb-is-getting-redder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-comb-is-getting-redder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-comb-is-getting-redder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-comb-is-getting-redder-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot&#8217;s comb is getting redder &#8211; February 2022<\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-checks-out-the-new-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-checks-out-the-new-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-checks-out-the-new-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-checks-out-the-new-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot checks out the new girls &#8211; March 2022<\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-with-the-new-girls-for-the-first-time.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-the-new-girls-for-the-first-time.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-the-new-girls-for-the-first-time-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-the-new-girls-for-the-first-time-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot with the new girls for the first time &#8211; March 2022<\/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\/2022\/05\/spots-magnificent-comb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-magnificent-comb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-magnificent-comb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spots-magnificent-comb-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot&#8217;s magnificent comb &#8211; April 2022<\/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\/2022\/05\/spot-with-her-flockmates.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-her-flockmates.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-her-flockmates-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/spot-with-her-flockmates-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Spot with her flock mates &#8211; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spot was such a lovely girl and will be very much missed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got Spot at the end of last September when she was five months old. 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