When I first decided upon keeping chickens ,my Father had not long passed over and I had been immersing myself in gardening and growing vegetables.It took my mind of my sadness I think.
It felt like the right thing to do and so took the first step and bought a hen house,which had a nesting box...
People will choose all sorts of times of year when they decide to bring birds home to roost.
There are things you may want to consider depending on the time of you to the sort of things you can do differently.
Spring and summer you may want to be more thorough when cleaning out their sleeping...
When feeding your hens .Don't forget to make sure they always have an adequate supply of water and also another source of water for if there water runs out and you are not back to supply more or gets knocked over. Especially when you are feeding layers pellets.
Feeding layers pellets is good...