{"id":37980,"date":"2024-02-24T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T12:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37980"},"modified":"2024-02-24T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T12:33:21","slug":"salmon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37980","title":{"rendered":"Salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had our lovely Salmon for nearly six years. She was a very pretty girl with a huge character. She soon worked her way up to being top girl even though she was the smallest girl. She had a lovely nature and was feisty but never aggressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmon had nine lives of the chicken world. She came through mico and every Autumn when she moulted she would be wheezy but tylan always got her over it. She laid soft shelled eggs from time to time and looked as if she wouldn&#8217;t make it but once she got them laid she bounced back. Her last soft shelled egg I managed to pull from her and she didn&#8217;t lay for the next two summers which gave her a longer life without the discomfort of egg laying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately Salmon produced one more egg this week and this time didn&#8217;t manage to pass it. She went downhill rapidly and the only kind thing for her was to have her put to sleep. She will be greatly missed in the chicken run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have spent time going through my photos and Salmon has seen many girls come and go during her time with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-when-they-first-came-to-us.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-when-they-first-came-to-us.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-when-they-first-came-to-us.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-when-they-first-came-to-us-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-when-they-first-came-to-us-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2018 August -The five amigos when they first came to us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From left to right is Marmite then Salmon then Smoke then Spangle with Vanilla at the back. Salmon has outlasted all these girls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-perching-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-perching-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-perching-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-perching-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-five-amigos-perching-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2018 August &#8211; The five amigos perching together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-middle-of-our-flock-of-eleven.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-middle-of-our-flock-of-eleven.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-middle-of-our-flock-of-eleven.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-middle-of-our-flock-of-eleven-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-middle-of-our-flock-of-eleven-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>December 2018 &#8211; Salmon in the middle of our then flock of eleven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmon has outlasted all those girls in this photo which is pretty amazing. Some of them came before her though. Speckles at the back was eight and Flame at the front was seven when we lost them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-all-grown-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-all-grown-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-all-grown-up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-all-grown-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-all-grown-up-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2019 November &#8211; Salmon is all grown up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-speckles-doing-the-telepathic-beak-to-beak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-speckles-doing-the-telepathic-beak-to-beak.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-speckles-doing-the-telepathic-beak-to-beak.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-speckles-doing-the-telepathic-beak-to-beak-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-speckles-doing-the-telepathic-beak-to-beak-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2019 November &#8211; Salmon and Speckles do the telepathic beak to beak thing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-for-the-first-time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-for-the-first-time.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-for-the-first-time.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-for-the-first-time-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-for-the-first-time-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2020 May &#8211; Salmon is broody for the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-flame-share-a-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-flame-share-a-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-flame-share-a-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-flame-share-a-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-and-flame-share-a-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2020 June &#8211; Salmon and Flame share a nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-checks-on-ebony-and-flame-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-checks-on-ebony-and-flame-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38011\" width=\"670\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-checks-on-ebony-and-flame-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-checks-on-ebony-and-flame-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-checks-on-ebony-and-flame-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2020 August &#8211; Salmon checks on Flame and Ebony in the chicken shed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-dust-bathing-with-some-of-her-flock-mates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-dust-bathing-with-some-of-her-flock-mates.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-dust-bathing-with-some-of-her-flock-mates.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-dust-bathing-with-some-of-her-flock-mates-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-dust-bathing-with-some-of-her-flock-mates-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2021 May &#8211; Salmon dust bathing with some of her flock mates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2021 May &#8211; Salmon in the nest box <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-again.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-again-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-is-broody-again-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2021 June &#8211; Salmon is broody again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-having-some-mash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-having-some-mash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-having-some-mash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-having-some-mash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-having-some-mash-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2021 June &#8211; Salmon having some mash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-flock-of-eight-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-flock-of-eight-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2022 July &#8211; Salmon as part of our then flock of eight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-most-recent-flock-of-eight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-most-recent-flock-of-eight.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-most-recent-flock-of-eight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-most-recent-flock-of-eight-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-as-part-of-our-most-recent-flock-of-eight-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2023 July &#8211; Salmon as part of our most recent flock of eight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storm-and-salmon-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storm-and-salmon-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storm-and-salmon-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storm-and-salmon-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storm-and-salmon-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2023 August &#8211; Storm and Salmon together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/autumn-and-storm-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/autumn-and-storm-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/autumn-and-storm-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/autumn-and-storm-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/autumn-and-storm-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2023 August &#8211; Autumn and Salmon together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/salmon-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>2024 February &#8211; Salmon last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She was such a lovely girl and will be much missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had our lovely Salmon for nearly six years. She was a very pretty girl with a huge character. She soon worked her way up to being top girl even though she was the smallest girl. She had a lovely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37980\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37980"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38032,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37980\/revisions\/38032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}