The new girls learn to perch

I have been waiting for the new little girls to discover that they can perch. Yesterday my husband said that he had seen Rusty on one of the newer little perches.

Later in the day I saw Freckles on the bottom rung of the ladder. Today Rusty perched on the little perch by the metal table next to me while I poop and feather picked.

A little later Rusty was perched on the little perch at the end of the run and was joined by Freckles on the bottom rung of the ladder.

I grabbed my camera and managed to get some perching photos.

Rusty finds a perch

Freckles finds the ladder

Freckles tries to work out how to join Rusty on the perch

Rusty seems quite settled

Freckles joins Rusty

Freckles has the perch to herself

Freckles realised that she couldn’t get to the perch from the bottom rung of the ladder. She jumped down and approached the perch from the other side. She managed to jump up but soon caused Rusty to jump down from her momentum. Freckles soon followed Rusty back down.

This is really good news because it gives them somewhere else to escape to when the bigger girls chase them and it means that I can now begin to teach them to perch at night.

I know this would be really easy to do if Speckles would leave them alone. It may take a while though as they will need to feel safe from Speckles attention. I am hoping that she will get bored with them soon.

Tonight I will try putting them on the perch with Pebbles once the other girls have all settled for the night. It would be really good if I could get the three little girls perching together at night.