During the heat of the day my littlies tend to hide in the coop. I don't
think it's any cooler in there but they seem to prefer it.
Once the breeze picks up in the afternoon they emerge to eat & enjoy the cool until it's bedtime.
Like most young 'uns they aren't keen on going to bed. Even from inside the house I know when the bedtime routine is starting. They get very loud with peeps & squeaks & honks & trills & whistles as the smallest make the 1st suggestive move by roosting on the ramp & making
it's bedtime now noises but no~one will enter the coop until Regan leads the way.
Tonight I was getting worried as it was nearly full dark before Regan made her move & there were lots of agitated peeps emanating from Ceres & Olivia. All the smallest, who are a good 1/3 of the bigger girls size, were waiting expectantly @ the bottom of the ramp & were hot on Regan's heels as soon as she made her jump up onto the top of the ramp. Portia followed her, then Ceres & Olivia. Desdemona jumped up & pushed past Titania & Gloriana brought up the rear. I swear she was counting heads to make sure everyone was up safely then promptly barrelled Titania, who was lingering in the doorway, unceremoniously into the coop. I fiddled for a bit as we have big storms about to drench us in rain again & I wanted to make sure my tarp was securely in place.
I also needed to check on my bigger girls as Beatha had been in no hurry to roost either & was a good 20 minutes or more later than even Aoeifa but she was up securely with everyone else.
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