{"id":6575,"date":"2014-01-09T17:12:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T17:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2014-01-09T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T17:12:58","slug":"jackie-and-i-go-on-an-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=6575","title":{"rendered":"Jackie and I go on an adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie sadly lost two her of her girls recently. She lost Annie just before Christmas and Rosie yesterday leaving her with only two girls. Jackie had been thinking of getting some more girls in the spring but now felt she wanted to get some more as soon as possible so that her remaining girls didn&#8217;t stay at only two for too long.<\/p>\n<p>I knew of somewhere local that used to sell chickens and as Jackie doesn&#8217;t drive I offered to take her there today. Jackie phoned them and they didn&#8217;t have any chickens at the moment. As I had only one lunch delivery today my husband offered to deliver it for me to free up my day if we needed to go further afield. Jackie started researching and came up with a farm in Windsor, half an hours drive away, which had young chickens for sale up to point of lay.<\/p>\n<p>I put my dog crate and pet carrier in the van and collected Jackie at eleven o&#8217;clock this morning. Because some of the roads were flooded we had to take a longer route but found the farm after passing it and turning round a few times.<\/p>\n<p>I had to stay strong and resist the urge to take any chooks for myself but Jackie says I can be auntie to her new girls. The chooks were all beautiful but we both fell for the same two breeds, a really pretty speckled star and a bluebell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6597\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_farm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6597\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6597\" alt=\"Willow Court farm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_farm.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_farm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_farm-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow Court farm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The guy caught the speckledy first and Jackie instantly came up with name Shadow for her which I thought was lovely. He then caught the bluebell and after inspecting them they were in the dog crate and we were on our way back. As we left the farm Jackie decided that the bluebell would be named Willow, appropriate as she came from Willow Court farm. I thought this was also a lovely name and we both agreed Shadow and Willow went well together.<\/p>\n<p>Back at Jackie&#8217;s we put the dog crate in the separated part of the run that would be the new girls home during the integration period. Clover and Bonnie voiced their displeasure at having new girls in their garden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6599\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clover.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6599\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6599\" alt=\"Clover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clover.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clover.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clover-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clover<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6600\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bonnie.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6600\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6600\" alt=\"Bonnie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bonnie.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bonnie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bonnie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnie<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6601\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_in_the_dog_crate.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6601\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6601\" alt=\"Shadow and Willow in the dog crate\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_in_the_dog_crate.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_in_the_dog_crate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_in_the_dog_crate-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shadow and Willow in the dog crate<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shadow is in the foreground and has very long legs. Before long the new girls stepped out of the dog crate into their new home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6602\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_venture_out_into_the_run.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6602\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6602\" alt=\"Shadow and Willow venture out\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_venture_out_into_the_run.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_venture_out_into_the_run.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/shadow_and_willow_venture_out_into_the_run-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shadow and Willow venture out<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6603\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_finds_the_log.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6603\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6603\" alt=\"Willow finds the log\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_finds_the_log.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_finds_the_log.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/willow_finds_the_log-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow finds the log<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6604\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up_of_shadow.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6604\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6604\" alt=\"Shadow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up_of_shadow.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up_of_shadow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up_of_shadow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shadow<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6605\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up-of_willow.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6605\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6605\" alt=\"Willow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up-of_willow.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up-of_willow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/close_up-of_willow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new girls were soon scratching and pecking happily in their new home seemingly unaware of the old girls shouting about it.<\/p>\n<p>Now the fun of the integration begins. I had to leave for home but will be checking up on the new girls as often as possible. I am honoured to be auntie to these lovely girls and to have been present at their arrival to their new home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie sadly lost two her of her girls recently. She lost Annie just before Christmas and Rosie yesterday leaving her with only two girls. 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