After arriving home last night to find two out of three of the little girls had made it to their bedtime perch I felt that I should hold back from checking on the little girls and wait to see what they would do without my help tonight. They have been going in at about quarter to six but with the clock change this would now be about quarter to five.
I went out at quarter to five and was surprised to find that the automatic door had closed already. It hasn’t been working for the last few days. Like last night Rusty and Freckles were on their perch but Pebbles was on top of the little coop in the same position as the night before. I listened to her breathing and all was normal, thank goodness.
Pebbles is settled on top of the little coop
Rusty and Freckles have gone in on their own again
I think with the recent problems with the automatic door closer, it may have closed sooner than usual today and caught Pebbles out. Having said that she was on top of the little coop last night when I had propped the door open but it could have been down to her not being well.
I will watch over the girls tomorrow and see if I can persuade Pebbles to go in. She used to go in without a problem but this seems to have changed since we have had the two newer girls.
I opened the main door and settled Pebbles on the perch with Rusty and Freckles.
I put Pebbles on the perch
I waited a few moments then checked on them.
A few moments later they are snuggled up together
My husband had come up to see what was happening and suggested I shone a light on the door and it opened. It then closed again. I shone a light on it again and it opened again and then closed again. Earlier on today the light had caused no response from it. Could it be that is working again? We won’t know for sure until the morning when we will see if opens.
My husband thinks that it may have got some moisture in it (with the battery leak) and may have now dried out. We are hopeful that it may now be working again. This would be great news but we will have a better idea when I see if it opens at first light in the morning. We are feeling hopeful.
I am also feeling much more positive about Pebbles. With a bit of luck she is back to normal and all is well again.
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I really hope Pebbles is well. Allso that it was just a blip with their door.
Pebbles seems fine this morning. It has all been very strange. The automatic door closed a bit earlier than usual last night and opened a bit later than usual this morning so it seems that it is working but just needs a bit of adjusting. We had been adjusting it over the last few days to try to get it working. I am just glad it is working again. We have had it for five years but it cost about £150 so we didn’t want to have to replace it.