I do love them, and since I wrote the original story, leaving the Mafia in charge of my flock things have changed somewhat. They are now putting themselves to bed again each night and are behaving quite well. They have always run to me as a group whenever I leave the house - of course, it's not...
Last week, with a disabled husband quite sick in bed and with me recovering from one of the worst colds that I've ever had, I decided to write about my flock just as a diversion. I love to sit and watch my birds as they free-range. I have lots of Australorps; pekins, silkies, Araucanas...