{"id":3537,"date":"2013-04-01T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2013-04-01T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:27:07","slug":"corn-on-the-cob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=3537","title":{"rendered":"Corn on the cob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought the girls some corn on the cob today but when I put it inside their gate they wouldn&#8217;t go near it. They always take time to get used to anything new so I put it on a skewer with a hook one end and hung it over their ladder. The girls now associate the ladder with food, I also hung some cabbage next to it to give them a little more encouragement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3553\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/corn_cob.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3553\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3553\" alt=\"Corn cob and cabbage hanging at the top of the ladder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/corn_cob.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/corn_cob.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/corn_cob-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corn cob and cabbage hanging at the top of the ladder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dotty is pecking at the cabbage but they haven&#8217;t worked out yet that they can eat the corn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3554\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b_and_cor_cob.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3554\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3554\" alt=\"Bluebell is pecking at the corn cob\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b_and_cor_cob.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b_and_cor_cob.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b_and_cor_cob-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebell is pecking at the corn cob<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I went back a bit later the cob was stripped on one side so they must have got the hang of it. I turned it round for them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3555\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/d_and_b_and_corn_cob.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3555\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3555\" alt=\"Dotty and Bluebell pecking at the corn cob\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/d_and_b_and_corn_cob.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/d_and_b_and_corn_cob.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/d_and_b_and_corn_cob-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty and Bluebell pecking at the corn cob<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pepper was in the nest box laying her egg so I hope she had managed to get some corn before these two girls stripped it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought the girls some corn on the cob today but when I put it inside their gate they wouldn&#8217;t go near it. 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