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<\/a>The new perch in the right hand corner behind the store cabinet<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Toffee on the new perch but she is soon joined by Honey<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Toffee gets moved off of the new perch and settles on the original perch<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Honey goes over to chase Toffee from the original perch<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Eventually Honey and Amber settle on the original perch<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Toffee finally gets to settle on the new perch<\/p><\/div>\n
I went back to check on them an hour later and they were all still in the same positions so I think this has proved successful.<\/p>\n
As always the chicks were in their flower pots under their umbrella.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Peaches and Barley in their bedtime positions<\/p><\/div>\n
They have roosted here every night for the two weeks they have been with us and at dusk I lift them down into their little coop.<\/p>\n
Hopefully the new perch will make a happier bedtime for Toffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recently I have been in with the girls during their bedtime routine to observe their habits. I realised that the reason Emerald always roosts on the shoe box is because Honey and Amber don’t allow her on the big perch … Continue reading