Well, we do. Eight of them in our backyard. Four Rhode Island Reds, two Amerucanas, one Silver Wyandotte, and one Black Australorp. In a pen and coop Daniel fashioned for them. They just started laying eggs last week. We're up to about 3 eggs a day, but they are still small. We put some plastic Easter eggs in their boxes just to let them know we were expecting them to lay some eggs soon and that those three nesting boxes were the perfects places. The blue one is a real egg from one of our Amerucanas.
They are all hiding in this tree in their pen. We had to reinforce their pen and clip their wings in order to get them to stop getting out since I had a visit from one of our civil officers letting me know of neighbors complaining that our chickens were out and about in their yards and they didn't like it. Now they stay in most of the time...this morning when Emmanuel was checking for eggs, one the gals hop out the little door and had a glorious time running around the lawn eating grass seeds. They have pecked the lovely grass in their pen down to dust. Emmanuel told us that he told her to get down, but she just didn't do what he asked.
They are all hiding in this tree in their pen. We had to reinforce their pen and clip their wings in order to get them to stop getting out since I had a visit from one of our civil officers letting me know of neighbors complaining that our chickens were out and about in their yards and they didn't like it. Now they stay in most of the time...this morning when Emmanuel was checking for eggs, one the gals hop out the little door and had a glorious time running around the lawn eating grass seeds. They have pecked the lovely grass in their pen down to dust. Emmanuel told us that he told her to get down, but she just didn't do what he asked.
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