{"id":7452,"date":"2014-04-10T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2014-04-10T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:39:24","slug":"update-on-recent-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7452","title":{"rendered":"Update on recent events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackie has been keeping me updated on Bluebells progress. Bluebell went into the coop at bedtime by herself, both on the first night and again last night. I was really pleased by this and think away from the influence of Pepper and Dotty she will go in on her own from now on.<\/p>\n

Bluebell also laid her egg both mornings and has appeared to be quite content. Bonnie shouted on the first morning for a few hours but Jackie said it was quiet after that and quiet the next morning.<\/p>\n

Jackie intends to start integrating at the weekend when both herself and her husband are at home.<\/p>\n

My flock is so much quieter without Bluebell and there has been no shouting. I did notice yesterday that Dotty had a small spot of blood on her comb just above her beak so Topaz must have given her a peck through the wire.<\/p>\n

Everything has been calm today though and they all seem fine and not taking any notice of each other but I know that will probably all change when they are allowed to mix. I too will wait until the weekend when I have more time. In fact it may have to wait until Sunday as we are seeing family Saturday morning and friends Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Sparkle laid an egg for the first two days, missed a day, then laid again today. Topaz is still practising. Topaz looks like she would love to come out and join the other girls but Sparkle is taking no notice.<\/p>\n

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Topaz<\/p><\/div>\n

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Topaz<\/p><\/div>\n

Topaz is definitely the feisty one and the one we may have most trouble integrating. Sparkle constantly has her head in the food dish and she likes to sit on the coop roof.<\/p>\n

Its also interesting that after Bluebell, Dotty the next bottom big girl, was the next to get a peck on her comb so must have had some confrontation with Topaz. Pepper who is top hen hasn’t taken any notice at all other than joining in the shouting on the first morning.<\/p>\n

Also out of the little girls it was Honey, also bottom girl, who raised her ruff to Topaz. Luckily it didn’t go any further than that but Amber, top of those two, has also taken no notice of them.<\/p>\n

I have come to learn from experience that it is the bottom girls that confront the newcomers as they don’t want to slide down the pecking order.<\/p>\n

At bedtime the little girls go in the nest box and Pepper and Dotty as usual go to the coop roof. I lift them in. The new girls put themselves to bed in their coop and I just close the door.<\/p>\n

At the moment all is calm but the fun begins when we start mixing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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