After One Week

So a week has passed now since we collected our six hens and I must say they have settled in very quickly. We have a hen run that consists of a covered roost that they sleep and lay in, and an outside area where they eat and have the odd dust bath!

The video show them inside and also outside their run. We sort of fence them in, although they are already being very cheeky and getting around the fences we have set up.

There is a power politics taking place with the one new hen who 'got in' with Rhodey and Red, hanging out with them, as if she had always lived there.

Day Four

It's day four since we collected our six girls and brought them back to Wilmslow. They are settling in very quickly and seem very content, but one! She looks like she has a broken wing as it is hanging down somewhat on one side.
Still she does not seem to bothered by it, apart from not being able to flap like the others. Already a 'pecking order' is being formed, with one of the new hens joining Rhodey and Red where ever they seem to go.

We have been letting them out on the grass at the bottom of the garden to peck around, while being contained by some chicken wired frames from the fold out coup we had them in on day one.

This posts picture was taken on my mobile. You can see what I think is the dominant new top hen, although still ranked as No3. Oh and we also had a very nice follow up email from the BHWT checking all is well and giving some contact details.