{"id":7110,"date":"2014-03-08T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T14:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7110"},"modified":"2014-03-08T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T14:49:07","slug":"spring-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7110","title":{"rendered":"Spring at last"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally the weather forecast is saying the rain is at an end and we are heading for a week of sunshine. Hurrah! It is so good to see the sun and it’s making everyone smile again. It has also bought colour to the garden.<\/p>\n

\"Stripy<\/a>

Stripy crocus<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Primula\"<\/a>

Primula<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Miniture<\/a>

Miniature daffodils<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Primrose\"<\/a>

Primrose<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Large<\/a>

Giant snowdrops<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Another<\/a>

Another primrose<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vinca\"<\/a>

Vinca<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

A chicken kiss in the sunshine<\/p><\/div>\n

Bluebell was sitting in the patch of sun in the corner of the run but as I approached with my camera she stood up and Dotty appeared to give her a kiss. It was funny because I had just seen a very similar photo on a blog “The Chicken Mamma” and the author likened it to chicken kisses.<\/p>\n

In reality a chicken will clean a speck from another chickens face or beak and the other chicken will freeze so that she doesn’t risk accidentally getting a peck in the eye. Chickens are very accurate with their pecks and can be surprisingly gentle. I have seen this many times but it does look awfully like a kiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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