The previous owner left us eight chickens, housed in an old coop. They’ve been nice company round the yard, and have bonded quickly after a bit of feeding, so now they follow me to the coop in the evenings, which is handy. They had been used to free ranging and some used to roost on the roof of the coop at night, so it’s good to have them locked into the hen house away from danger. They weren’t laying at first, I think they are old and out of training, so I have been feeding them up a bit, and Bill got a coop from a guy up south of Brisbane, and two (I think) have started laying now, although only every other day. Maybe with a few more pellets and some longer days they will come back on lay.
