and then there were eggs!

we have settled into a nice routine here and chez raggy-rat ...



I get the chickens up before the girls, and then later on we look for eggs and share out veg and dinner scraps ...



and after a week and a half with us, the first egg appeared, just after Steve's birthday!



and the Orpingtons have really got used to us, in fact all the girls seem really happy around us now ...



and in the afternoon, we go in and throw a few handfuls of corn ...



one of the black-tails had a very pecked neck when she arrived, it is almost filled back in now, she looks great!



one hen likes cuddles ...



the girls have inspired some nice drawings, matty did this chicken and egg ...



and daisy drew this image, showing me and matty collecting eggs, and a nice tub of grit on a log, too!



Actually, with my red henna'd hair, I look a lot like a chicken!