{"id":1151,"date":"2023-07-06T19:16:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:20:38","slug":"the-sanctuary-garden-chicks-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"The Sanctuary Garden Chicks on Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1153\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-back-640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/t-front-640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few I&#8217;ve missed and this does not count all the garden visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children ask such interesting questions. My favourite was &#8220;what is a chicken&#8217;s favourite colour&#8221; My mind had red because they peck relentlessly at blood. The drinker is red so I said &#8220;red&#8221; and pointed at the drinker. Phew&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How do you kill a chicken?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Do chickens really come out of an egg&#8221; I&#8217;d shown an egg as a comparison to the size of the 3 week old chick<br>&#8220;Can they fly?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Can I take one home?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Are you going to eat them?&#8221;<br>&#8220;How do you make chicken nuggets?&#8221;<br>&#8220;Does the rooster like another hen, when he does not like the one he&#8217;s with?&#8221; This was a 12 year old asking me (I nearly cried)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disconnect between where food is produced and a packet of processed food, is real. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love taking chicks to schools; I had no idea how much joy it would bring me. If you would like a visit, get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few I&#8217;ve missed and this does not count all the garden visits. Children ask such interesting questions. My favourite was &#8220;what is a chicken&#8217;s favourite colour&#8221; My mind had red because they peck relentlessly at blood. The drinker is red so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}