{"id":41535,"date":"2026-04-03T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41535"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:54:28","slug":"new-girls-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41535","title":{"rendered":"New girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My new girls arrived at half past one today. They are a gold sebright who I have called Maple and a gold pencilled wyandotte who I have called Popcorn.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maple-and-popcorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maple-and-popcorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maple-and-popcorn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maple-and-popcorn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maple-and-popcorn-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Maple and Popcorn<\/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\/2026\/04\/new-girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41554\" width=\"670\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Discovering their little coup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pretty-girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pretty-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pretty-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pretty-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pretty-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>They are pretty girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/settling-in.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/settling-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/settling-in.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/settling-in-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/settling-in-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Checking out the other side of the run<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maple looked like she would like to get in the other side with the rest of the flock which is a good sign. They settled in straight away and seemed quite chilled. They soon found the food. Bedtime will be interesting. I hope that like past girls if they don&#8217;t go in the coup they will settle on top of it and I will be able to lift them down and put them in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new girls arrived at half past one today. They are a gold sebright who I have called Maple and a gold pencilled wyandotte who I have called Popcorn. 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