{"id":40817,"date":"2025-08-16T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=40817"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:43:21","slug":"the-second-day-of-mixing-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=40817","title":{"rendered":"The second day of mixing the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today when I mixed the girls the new girls got much closer to the rest of the flock. The rest of the flock took no notice of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-new-girls-are-getting-much-closer-to-the-rest-of-the-flock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-new-girls-are-getting-much-closer-to-the-rest-of-the-flock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-new-girls-are-getting-much-closer-to-the-rest-of-the-flock.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-new-girls-are-getting-much-closer-to-the-rest-of-the-flock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-new-girls-are-getting-much-closer-to-the-rest-of-the-flock-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The new girls are getting much closer to the main flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flock-are-taking-no-notice-of-the-new-girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flock-are-taking-no-notice-of-the-new-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flock-are-taking-no-notice-of-the-new-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flock-are-taking-no-notice-of-the-new-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-flock-are-taking-no-notice-of-the-new-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The flock are taking no notice of the new girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ginger-and-silver-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ginger-and-silver-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ginger-and-silver-close-up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ginger-and-silver-close-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ginger-and-silver-close-up-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ginger and Silver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver discovered one of the ladders today. Several times she went up to the top of the ladder and also on to the branch perch above the ladder. Silver is definitely the adventurous one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-ladder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-ladder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-ladder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-ladder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-ladder-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver on the ladder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-branch-perch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-branch-perch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-branch-perch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-branch-perch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/silver-on-the-branch-perch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver on the branch perch at the top of the ladder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/they-explore-the-patio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/they-explore-the-patio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/they-explore-the-patio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/they-explore-the-patio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/they-explore-the-patio-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>They explore the patio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am very pleased with how it&#8217;s going. Yesterday Ginger and Silver kept away from the rest of the flock most of the time, often being at the other end of the run from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today they have got much closer to them and the main flock haven&#8217;t taken any notice of them. They all seem to be getting used to each other. It&#8217;s great progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today when I mixed the girls the new girls got much closer to the rest of the flock. The rest of the flock took no notice of them. Silver discovered one of the ladders today. 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