The improved ladder

I bought another tree support to add some extra rungs to the girls ladder and luckily for me my lovely husband cut and added them straight away.

The ladder with some extra rungs added

I couldn’t wait to try it out so put some dried meal worms at the top of the ladder. I soon realised that the girls couldn’t see these from below so had to add a few grapes once more. That got an instant reaction from Pepper.

Pepper didn’t waste any time going straight to the top of the ladder

Bluebell soon joined Pepper on the ladder

The rungs are now much easier to walk on

I am really pleased with this improvement to the ladder and hope the girls will start to use it for perching or playing on. Dotty hasn’t shown any interest yet but she is always the one to take the easiest path. Dotty simply picked up any grapes that the other two girls knocked down rather than go and get them herself.

I have noticed this a lot with Dotty. When I give the girls grapes Dotty always waits for Pepper to peck a grape apart, then tries to take it from her rather than peck her own grape apart. I would say she is lazy but I am not sure that is the way of a chicken. I think it is just that she always looks for the short cut. This is part of Dotty’s personality.

It will be interesting to see if the girls use the ladder without something to entice them on to it. I will be ready with my camera if they do.